Senior Engineer - Closures
Magna International
- Troy, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
Contribute to the Global Technical Area (GTA) strategy and growth of the engineering team
- Support Technical Area (TA) core competencies
- Support and contribute to knowledge base of internal and external best practices
- Lead benchmarking studies and contribute to the benchmark knowledgebase
- Propose and lead advanced development topics supporting the GTA
- Propose continuous improvement opportunities to level up team skills, qualifications, tools and processes
- Lead design proposals with set based engineering principles
- Lead designs with 6 Sigma design principles
- Support complex problem solving with cross functional teams
Employ technical expertise to lead the engineering development of one or more subsystems
- Support the project team(s) engineering in achieving project objectives, performance and cost requirements, and timing milestones
- Lead external support, services and resources supporting the project engineering development
- Support work development packages assigned to third parties
- Confirm OEM and magna project performance targets and assure the targets are achievable
- Confirm OEM and magna project cost and timing targets and assure the targets are achievable
- Support the Project Manager (PM) and contribute to the project resource planning, budget development, and status reporting
- Be responsible for the release of Computer Aided Design (CAD) data into internal and external sites
- Be responsible for the release of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), simulations and studies into internal or external sites
- Be responsible for designs capable of meeting the serial production tact, First Time Quality (FTQ) and ergo targets
- Be responsible for designs meeting the project performance and cost targets
- Be responsible for designs meeting market region regulations, FMVSS, ECE, CNCA/GB, etc.
- Confirm the Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) comprehends all project targets and is complete
- Confirm the project Design Failure Mode and Effects and Analysis (DFMEA) comprehends all product risks and product usage cases
Support and Promote Project and Operations Collaboration
- Lead global development touchpoint and milestone meetings
- Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) to assure production feasibility
- Collaborate with the design studio to assure product appearance harmony
- Collaborate with all cross functions to make complex decisions
- Collaborate with the other project GTAs
Ensure cooperation with all areas within the engineering and request the required frame conditions
- Ensure cooperation with project management
- Ensure cooperation with all other groups within the area
- Secure knowledge of development tools within the group
- Ensure training of employees according to the required skills
- Cooperation with all Magna Steyr locations
- Escalation problems at the earliest time with the appropriate team members
- Must have a positive “can do” attitude
- Must be flexible and able to course correct paths according to priority alignment
- Education- BSME
- Experience - 10+ years closures development
- Experience in complete vehicle development and manufacture
- Experience supervising technical personnel preferred
- Excellent communication skills and experience working with global teams
- Experience in launching a complete vehicle
- Experience in design release and testing of components and assemblies
- Experience in ferrous and non-ferrous stampings
- Experience in kinematic systems, linkages, joints, travel velocities, and force balancing
- Experience in latching systems, powered and passive latches
- Experience in cycle performance to reliability and confidence targets
- Experience in fastening, threaded, riveted, and clip retainer fasteners
- Experience in class “A” painting and metal corrosion protection
- Experience in electro / mechanism controls and sensor packaging
- Experience in door sealing systems
- Proficient Computer knowledge and skills, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
- Computer knowledge and skills in CAD and CAE simulation preferred
- Six Sigma certification preferred
- Professional communication skills (written and verbal)
- Normal amount of sitting or standing, average mobility to move around an office environment, able to conduct normal amount of work at a computer
- May require local, domestic, and international travel - less than 15% domestic + international