Product Development Engineer- Seating

Role description

Role Title- Product Development Engineer-

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Education

•        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)