Product Development Engineer- Seating

Role Title- Product Development Engineer- Seating system

Tools - CATIA V5/V6, 3DExperiance, Teamcenter, Visualization Mock-up

Exp – 8-12 yrs

Education -Bachelors/Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field

Job Descriptions:

• Good understanding of system level as well as component level working.

• Knowledge of cooling system and component design requirement for seating system comodities - Seat structure, Mechanism, complete seat, OB/IB valance, Head rest, seat mounting brackets etc

• Effective communication with the customer and suppliers.

• Knowledge of material selection for different components.

• Ability to create and review parametric models using CATIA V5/DMU.

• Working knowledge of PLM systems (Team Centre)

• Ability to benchmark and provide innovative approach for a problem.

• Ability to interact with cross functional teams like CAE/VI Lead teams, interpret CAE results and suggest corrective actions.

• Complete understanding of product development cycle for typical automotive vehicle program.

• Good understanding on GD&T and tolerance stack up analysis.

• Strong knowledge of documents DFM/DFA/DFMEA

• Good understanding of test & validation (DVP)

• Good understanding of manufacturing process – Plastic moulding methods, Casting & sheet metal

• Strong communication skills.

• Must have good analytical and problem solving skills

• Should be able to independently interact with customer and suppliers.

• Awareness and experience in implementing project processes.

• Ensure system, sub-system and components meets DVA, Optical and Perceived Quality targets.

Skill requirement:

• Proven project management capability demonstrated by recent delivery in line with time, cost, quality & attribute targets.

• Proven and extensive experience in right first-time development and integration of at least one of the following – seating system comodities - Seat structure, Mechanism, complete seat, OB/IB valance, Head rest, seat mounting brackets etc

• Detailed Engineering knowledge of design, function, performance, production & manufacturing requirements.

• Ability to manage and challenge system, sub-system and component costs through utilisation of engineering knowledge and decision-making process.

• Excellent communication skills, with demonstrable ability of communicating with cross functional teams and influencing at all levels.

• PC Literacy: Microsoft Project, Power Point, Excel, Word etc.

• Significant experience in use of engineering tools - FMEA, Agile or Scrum (Six Sigma will be added advantage)