Technical Specialist – Cylinder Blocks

Responsibilities

• Develop robust strategies to enable industry leading design and manufacturing of structural castings in internal combustion and hybrid vehicle propulsion systems.
• Maintain technical requirements for a portfolio of components that are designed in-house with both in-house and purchased manufacturing and lead cross-functional teams and suppliers.
• Lead and coordinate benchmarking efforts at a subsystem level to support definition of best practices.
• Build, develop, publish, and maintain documentation including Best Practices, SOR templates, DFMEA templates.
• Participate in supplier technical reviews.
• Assess potential suppliers and supplier facilities on technical capabilities and maintain a Technically Approved Supplier List (TASL).
• Provide technical support to Program Team leadership, Development Engineers, Validation Engineers, and Applications Engineers.
• Support Brand Quality Managers with technical expertise and problem resolution assistance.
• Define design-tool needs and coordinate the development of new tools, new capabilities, and the maintenance of existing tools and databases.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
• 7+ years of engineering experience
• Strong background and knowledge of the design of propulsion systems/components.
• Experience working with in-house and external suppliers on development of propulsion subsystem components including casting, machining and honing processes.
• Proven ability to reach across organizational boundaries to garner support and deliver results.
• Expertise in the design of integrated, cross functional systems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with others.
• Demonstrated leadership skills especially the use of influence.
• DFSS Certification level of Black Belt or Master Black Belt.

Demonstrates expertise in the design and manufacturing of propulsion systems, with a strong focus on structural castings and cross-functional collaboration. Proven ability to lead technical assessments, maintain supplier relationships, and develop best practices in engineering processes.