OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Owner of technical design and conformity to package and customer specifications.
SCOPE OF THE POSITION:
To design automotive seating system components to ensure compliance with customer and industry standards.Based at Waterman Road facility reporting to Project Manager or Lead engineer.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITES:
Reports to the Project Manager and/or Lead Engineer, and is responsible for:-
- Technical Design and conformity to package and customer specifications.
- Drawing Release with ‘freeze’ against each Programme build milestone.
- DFMEA creation and update and release against the milestones.
- All design changes post initial prototype tool release to use Change Management Process. PLM system.
- All Customer requests to deviate away from initial Programme Assumptions / Technical file to be approved via Change Management Process PLM system.
- Maximum 10 day turn-around of PLM to solve testing related issues / concerns .
- Medium and short term CAD resource management, ensuring CAD Designers workload / priorities match those of the Programme Timeline and Customer Releases.
- Support Plant issues when proven root cause is base design(not quality / process)
- Customer liaison and reporting of project technical issues and potential resolutions.
- Sub-SupplierDesign Management – Data release and Control with documented status and actions on a regular basis.
- Generation of VE/VA brainstorm ideas – Facilitate the workshops.
- Progress VE/VA ideas to engineered / feasible solutions with detail drawings and prototype trial samples.
- Management of Test and Development DV / PV and virtual CAE analysis.
- Presentations to Lear and Customer Senior Management.
- Open Issues – Single list with time bound response including all known problems with priorities.
- Checking of all data prior to Release (to customer/ supplier or other interested parties)
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Preferred
- Detailed seating (seat structures and seat complete) engineering knowledge
- DFMEA –Qualified to ‘User level’
- Automotive Seating experience
- Appreciation of CAE techniques and Process.
- Understanding of Renault and Nissan release systems.
- VE/VA techniques (cost pareto etc)Understanding of CAD systems (NX and Catia)
Required
- Engineering Degree or equivalent (or relevant experience)
- To be able to read, check and correct detail Drawings – Practical application of GD&T
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Delegation/Follow up Skills
- Delivers what is agreed and promised
