Design & Release Engineer - Closures
Optimal Inc.
- Dearborn, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Good Communication Skills
- Willingness to work overtime and travel to support launches.
- Knowledge of craftsmanship expectations, benchmarking, futuring
- Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing
- Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing technologies such as stamping, injection molding, extrusion, forging, casting, welding, riveting, etc - Working knowledge of FEA, DFMEA, control plan development, and dimensional variation analysis - Capable with MS Suite of products
- 3+ years in automotive or Aerospace (hinged closures preferred)
- Sheet metal body structures, closures, stamping, static sealing and/or dynamic sealing
- Experience interfacing with studio on resolution of design issues rated to rear closures systems.
- Experience leading peers via design review to resolve part to part interface issues and deliver a successful system.
- Experience solving current model quality issues and implementing corrective actions.
- Hands-on experience with "in-house" engineering, design, release, as well as managing full.
- -service supplier commodities, with on-time delivery at cost & quality targets
- Ability to utilize and demonstrate system engineering disciplines and design for manufacturing principles to proactively solve issues.
- Experience with bolted joint structures.
- Experience with structural mechanics.
- Experience with hinge mechanism dynamics.
- Experience with Systems engineering.
- Prefer Direct experience in closures systems (tailgates, liftgates, side doors, moveable roof systems)
- Prefer Ability to operate within CATIA environment, Teamcenter Engineering, and Digital Buck
- Prefer CATIA ability to create simple parts, sections, and studies a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Prefer Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Will consider Bachelor's / Master's in Aerospace, Electro-mechanical, and mechatronics from Accredited University.