Senior Connector Engineer Job Southfield area,Michigan USA,Engineering

SENIOR CONNECTOR ENGINEER - CONNECTION SYSTEMS

SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN

Job Description

Reporting to the Manager of Product Development, the Senior Connector Development Engineer will be responsible for managing the 3D model development along with 2D print development and library release of connector systems. Leads the engineering activity for assigned programs to ensure that products meet customer and company specifications and that program milestones are achieved. Responsible for coordinating and monitoring the engineering process and for providing direction as required.

Will typically be responsible for managing or leading a group of support engineers.

Responsibilities

Work includes, but not limited to:

Create 3D CAD proposals
Preparing DFMEAs
Select materials, managing the FEA and making design changes, drawings and stack-ups
Support various manufacturing plants
Service manual development
DOE with prototyping

The Hour-by-Hour Task Breakdown with percentages

40% Managing the development of 2D and 3D
10% Data management
30% Interaction/processing information
20% Meetings and reporting

Educational Requirements

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field

Experience Requirements

Qualifications:

Experience with connection system product development, including design attributes and industry standards and specifications
Ability to use CATIA, Solidworks or UG
Knowledge of part design for progressive die and injection molding
Having seen successful launch of at least 1 or 2 connector products
Perform or support customer and internal drawing releases
Self‑motivated communicator
Able to work within a diverse global team with varying levels of experience.
Lead a team of designers and lab technicians to the desired project design goals.
Able to follow APQP processes for project documentation

Bonus

Familiar with EMI shielding
Run mechanical simulations with CATIA, Solidworks or NX
Experience with benchmarking
Experience with FEA simulation

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

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