Sr. Design Release Engineer - Interior, Center Console

Job ID
129132
Job Type
Contract
Industry
Manufacturing
Location
Southfield, Michigan, United States
Talascend is seeking qualified candidates to apply for a Design Release Engineer for interior and center consoles with a leading automotive manufacturer located in Southfield, MI. 

OVERVIEW:

Development and Design of Center Consoles of premium vehicles Lead of the full design phase from the first sketch to the final component release.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 
  • Track of built issues resulted in design changes to ensure technical expertise Ensure all geometric requirements for each milestone delivery are analyzed and met.
  • Interface with studio, packaging, advanced engineering, manufacturing, and supplier activities to develop optimal design solutions.
  • Creation of bill of materials and indication of cost down potentials and manufacturing improvements Create CAD surfaces and solids, GD&T, and fastening design using Catia V6 Utilize CAD methodologies, study files, slab models, knowledge-based engineering.
  • Support of the global purchasing group in the phase of supplier nomination and decision making to ensure best qualities for every component of the Instrument Panel Global travels are required to the US headquarter, commodity suppliers and contractors.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: 
  • Master of Science, Diplom-Ingenieur or other Engineering Degree.
  • 8+ years of demonstrated experience as a detail-oriented Interior Components and Systems development lead for Center Consoles.
  • Knowledge and understanding of automotive Interior Components and Systems industry benchmark, trends and supplier competencies. 
  • Experience creating/improving/establishing technical product specifications and timelines to achieve an accelerated development cycle towards SOP Vehicle and product launch experience.
  • Experience creating complex CAD models in CATIA V6 quickly and efficiently while holding CAD part, tree, links & publications to an excellent standard. 
  • Proven experience in interior process, such as wrapping, injection molding, painting, compression molding and other state of the art manufacturing processes. 
  • Proven experience in common structural part manufacturing processes such as stamping, extrusion and casting. 
  • Proven experience in geometrical dimensioning and tolerance in detail through applying tolerance targets into component locators, attachment methods and overall gap and flushness requirements.
  • Strong in engineering fundamentals to create solutions that are not yet state of the art.
  • Experienced in modal analysis, finite element method analysis and computer fluid dynamics.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.

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Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

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