CAD engineer, Restraints and Hardware Safety

Job Title: CAD engineer, Restraints and Hardware Safety Electronics

Location:

Southfield, MI 48076
Shift

Schedule:

Standard shift
Duration: 06 Months (possible Extension)

Job Description:

Summary:
We are currently seeking an CAD engineer, Restraints and Hardware Safety Electronics. This position requires an experienced professional in CAD and hardware design related to Mechanical and Electronics development. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches his or her work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to contribute to the growth of a high performance team, combining their high skills in their respective fields with the company/industry standard to optimize their outcome, maintaining detailed and accessible development history, exposing your Engineering judgements, acting on a timely manner, etc...

Role:

• Support Safety Electronics Design Engineers in the mechanical integration and release of the components.
• Support Restraints Design Engineers in the mechanical integration and release of the components, as well as test fixture design.
• Maintain PLM data for the team.
• Work closely with the design studio, body and interior engineering teams to develop the optimum package for best performance.
• Responsible for definition of electrical interface documentation, connector selection, pinout etc.
• Work closely with vehicle electrical harness team to integrate the safety sub-system into vehicle overall electrical architecture.

Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of Mechanical Engineering fundamentals and how to apply it in the daily activities like design, problem solving, to complement company standards and experience as well as your personal experience.
• Enough CAD and design skills to package the component models into vehicle models, check interfaces with the rest of the vehicle and make modifications if necessary.
• 3 Years of direct and daily usage of Catia 3DX or V5/NX/Creo
• Knowledge of GD&T and drawing/print creation
• Engineering fundamentals in problem solving.
• The ability to articulate highly technical issues to audiences not in the safety field, such as management, design studio, purchasing team, etc.
• Excellent people skills to manage suppliers, push the envelope to develop optimal technical solutions, ensure timely delivery of all components.
• Working understanding and application of project planning and task management.
• Have strong ethics, attention to detail and desire to create the very best product.
• Excellent writing, verbal and organization skills.

Advantageous:

• Some knowledge about the design and engineering of automotive electrical safety systems, direct experience in automotive OEM (preferred) and/or Tier 1 suppliers.
• Technical excellence in vehicle electrical system development, ideally with experience in any of the specified safety sub-systems
• Knowledge of latest technology advancement in the field of vehicle crash safety.
• Experience in working with Functional Safety processes and relevant documentation.
• Experience in creation and management of Failure Mode Analysis techniques, including DFMEA.
• Experience developing and delivering embedded system hardware and/or software.
• Experience with CAE Simulation.
• Experience in test equipment design.
• Experience in harness design.
• Experience with electric propulsion systems, including relevant controls.
• Masters Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent with a minimum of 3 years of work experience as a systems engineer or related role.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.