Design Release Engineer - Seat Complete- Core Engineering

General Motors•Warren, MI

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Product Engineer, you will be responsible for leading product development and Core Engineering / integration activities within the Seat Core Engineering team. Responsibilities include utilizing engineering tools and processes to successfully develop seat variants for vehicle programs. Effectively achieve program milestones by thorough and rigorous program management.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering/ Industrial and Systems Engineering/ Civil Engineering required
Minimum 5+ years of developing and executing technical solutions for mechanical components to support new vehicle programs
Previous Seat development experience
Balancing business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, mass, complexity, and timing
Comfortable working with multidisciplinary and cross-cultural teams
Ability to deal optimally with ambiguity and forward-thinking environment
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) – Green belt certification required
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) – Black belt certification required

Nice To Haves

Master Degree in Engineering preferred
Familiarity with structured problem-solving methods
Red-X
Experience with DFMEA, PFMEA and GD&T

Responsibilities

Design, development, analysis, implementation, and validation of the complex Seat subsystems will be your day to day duties.
Perform engineering design evaluations and concept development across vehicle programs using DFSS approach.
Utilize engineering tools (DFMEA, ICDs, PFMEA) and leverage CAE groups including Safety Performance to successfully develop the best system design solutions.
Complete DFME's (FIT) on time with quality.
Package components, manage CAD development through supplier or GM designers and collaborate with other systems within the vehicle.
Ensure best practices are incorporated in the CAD and seeks support when best practice not met.
Work cross-functionally to support initial vehicle configuration work, realize cost optimization, deliver customer-driven requirements, and implement product and process improvements
Balance business imperatives, including but not limited to cost, mass, complexity, timing, and content
Communicate information to and from internal and external customer organizations (e.g. Creative Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, suppliers) and lead the product development team (PDT).
Track and resolve open issues with support.
Review, support and apply benchmarking for design direction competitiveness.
Support SVI team through early engagement.
Understanding customer needs and architecture limitations
Integrate components, occupant and seating system
Look forward and anticipate usages ( do not focus on point solutions)
Develop RE-USE strategy across all Seating systems
Reduce component variants
Provide improvements and solutions to enable comfort and craftsmanship
Provide features and solutions for consistent quality assembly and closeout (to seat and vehicle)
Support virtual validation goals.
Incorporate lessons learned and continuous improvements based on physical validation and builds