Product Engineer

Objective of the Position: This position designs, validates and ensures designs are manufactured, cost effective and meets all internal and external targets. This acts as a point of contact with customer engineering, thus coordinating customer specifications, design, testing and prototype activities. Also leads the product development team for program assigned to including CAD/CAE/Validation and interface with cross functional ENA teams to fulfill Gate requirements and Program Development cycles.

Essential Accountabilities:

The position incumbent ensures, that

• Resolve design and/or manufacturing issues in coordination with Product Development team.
• Analyze and facilitate implementation of corrective action in resolution of customer driven problems.
• Internal point of contact in development for customary program teams, including serial production projects.
• Coordinating customer specifications, design, leading prototype activities at the plant level.
• Leading extended team member (CAE, Design, Prototype) to meet customer program milestones.
• Approval of prototype content variation
• Approve supplier and plant deviations
• Checking and release of math models and drawings
• Coordinate development process with customer engineering team
• Creation and management of design workload on program
• Creation and release of prototype work orders
• Decisions in RFQ' phase regarding design and BOM content at an appropriate level of fidelity and risk to support RFQ quoting process
• Design decisions during development phase in regards to functional objectives and target setting
• General and design detailed decisions that impact cost, weight, manufacturing and function of the components, subsystems and assemblies
• Maintain key development APQP documents
• Manage ED&D work per program budget
• Manage test scheduling and part delivery with customer timeline
• Prioritize design work within assigned project
• Provide engineering feedback to other ENA departments on potential changes
• Responsible over final release of technical drawings and math models

Secondary Accountabilities:

The position incumbent ensures, that

• Conduct all business related activities for, and on the behalf of, Eberspaecher within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements.
• Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Eberspaecher Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all ENA polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirement Profile:

Professional Background / Basic Qualification / Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum five years' experience in engineering role working for a manufacturing supplier preferably automotive. Exhaust experience strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with heat transfer and fluid dynamics
• Proven APQP, GD&T, DFMEA and drawing release experience
• Product design leadership through a minimum of two complete concept to launch cycles
• Ability to travel domestically by car or plane.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Office.

Technical Expertise:

• Ability to analyze data and prepare reports, statements and projections.
• Ability to apply mathematical concepts and operations, including calculations, percentages, etc.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and write simple correspondence.
• Analytical- Synthesize complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures
• Business Acumen- Understands business implications of decisions.
• Knowledge of continuous improvement of products for manufacturability.
• Knowledge of engineering fundaments, mechanical systems, automotive systems, and exhaust systems.
• Project Management- Develops project plans; Coordinates projects; Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget; Manages project team activities.
• Strives to continuously improve expertise, knowledge and skills.