Lead development Engineer

Lead Handles Development Engineer

Location:

Dearborn, MI Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote:
Onsite Duration: 18 months

We are seeking high-caliber Lead Engineers to spearhead the development of Door Handles on several current production programs with client's supplier partners. This role focuses on the end-to-end development of one exterior handle mechanism and several interior handles where the Handles will be newly re-engineered based on existing parts with new supplier partners. Each role will be split to lead a unique handle architecture type and its variants.

You will lead a strategic supplier through an accelerated "go-fast" application, moving from design to production readiness. The lead engineer will also need to work with affected cross-functional client teams to ensure interface requirements are considered and met, including latching and closures sub-system.

Summary:

• Responsible for leading the suppliers through a go-fast application ready development of new Handle opening system.
• Responsible for leading and managing the suppliers through development stages and release parts that are ready for production tooling.
• Responsible for ensuring tooled parts are validated per PPAP requirements.
• Responsible for keeping project timing of activities, driving for milestone deliverable compliance, and keeping client management involved and aware of progress and any roadblocks.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with suppliers to develop product design.
• Track delivery milestones and planning that achieve scheduled PPAP.
• Perform design, CAD, drawing reviews
• Run and coordinate analytical verification (simulation, calculation, stack-up, T
  
  E)
• Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, requirements, and related specifications. (Health chart/Checklist)
• Coordinate activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Integrates all known Product, Process Lessons Learned issues into the FMEA.
• Coordinates supplier validation testing and review the test reports.
• Coordinates client internal vehicle and sub-system validation testing.
• Regular communication with the involved internal/external technical groups.
• Prepare interim and completion project reports.
• Prepare technical presentations.
• Release for production (WERS) / support the production (SREA, Alerts)
• Manage storage of supplier design data in client system/folders (CAD, Drawings, CAE models)

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of mechanisms development experience (preferably related to latching, handles, and exterior mechanisms)
• Strong knowledge of engineering plastics and steels, and manufacturing processes such as molding, stampings, castings.
• Preferred experience and knowledge of water management and sealing design, greases, painted plastics.
• Preferred experience and understanding of electronics such as microswitches and small harnesses.
• Perform (as needed) and lead suppliers with tolerance analysis studies
• Awareness and preferred capability of tolerance analytical tools such as C-Tol, 3
  
  DCS, Enventive, VSA, etc..
• Awareness and preferred capability of CAE tools (ADAMS, Working Model, CATIA FEA, Hypermesh, etc..)
• Engineering expertise with DFMEA (including B/P-Diagram, RDM, Interface Matrix), DVP R, DOE, Problem Solving 6-sigma tools (5D/8D/6-panel, etc..), SPC methods, Statistical analysis, DFM/DFA, GD T.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work in CATIA V5/V6 and Teamcenter/Enovia for CAD reviews and basic design work
• Microsoft Office tools (Excel, Word, Power Point)

*** is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely based on their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations.

Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities. Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator.