Kett Engineering Hiring for Automotive Design Release Engineer- Plymouth, MI Job at Plymouth, MI Full Time

JOB SUMMARY

Conducts high level engineering activities related to various chassis components, including decision making, solving product design issues, creating part drawings with appropriate engineering specifications, estimating engineering costs and development timing, and conducting some testing for select projects. Maintains engineering parts lists and assembly instructions to support vehicle build events. Resolves engineering issues independently, including root cause analysis, gathering of information, creation of proposals, proposal analysis, creation of engineering documentation, leading the proposal review, obtaining concurrence on proposal, and finial execution of the proposal. Additionally, provides engineering assistance for related companies and department.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design components or parts for commercial vehicles. Evaluates technical contents and makes effective decisions considering a wide range of alternatives for leading problem resolution, improving quality, reducing cost, and keeping schedules.
• Maintain engineering parts list for mass production. Creates BOMs and supports part procurement for development vehicle builds. Maintains project and schedule control.
• Communicates effectively with engineering in Japan, suppliers, and other parties based on teamwork concepts.

• Coordinates/manages suppliers or other parties to achieve targets on time.

• Assists and consults with other departments and companies, including Purchasing, Production and Service.

• Attends technical events/meetings with vendors and others.

• Analyzes new technologies and trends. Reports findings to management in the U.S and Japan.

• Studies competitors’ vehicles and evaluates them for engineering research.

• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & TRAINING

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum 1 year experience in automotive product design engineering

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge of the design process for automotive components to include:

• Detailed Drawings
• GD&T
• Vehicle Performance & Packaging
• FEA Analysis (Including basis of Strength, Fatigue and Modal analysis)
• DFMEA, FTA, QC, Tolerance Stack Analysis
• Threaded Fasteners and Bolt Joints

• Automotive parts knowledge for material (metal, plastic, textile), production process, requirement, test method, regulation, and development process
• Familiar with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard and Society of Automotive Engineers/American Standard Test Method
• Basic operational skill on UG/NX or other CAD software

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Proficient PC skills in Windows applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong ability to sketch and read drawings

PHYSICAL STANDARDS

• Employee must be able to perform occasional light lifting (5-25 lbs) and rare heavy lifting (60 lbs)
• Must be able on rare occasions to bend, crawl, climb, crouch, kneel and reach above shoulder level in the performance of job duties
• Position requires 10-20% domestic and international travel, including overnight stays

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $37.00 – $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Plymouth, MI 48170: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• automotive product design engineering: 1 year (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: One location