Design & Release Engineer - Exhaust

This position will be responsible for the design, development, timing, and production release of a vehicle line exhaust system and/or underbody heat shields. Other responsibilities include quality & warranty improvements, value optimization, weight reduction, and other efficiency improvement initiatives. In addition, the engineer will communicate technical product status and/or issues to all levels of management.

The Design & Release Engineer will interact with suppliers and will work closely with internal and external groups such as testing and prototype labs, CAE engineers, the vehicle program teams, supplier operations, and manufacturing plants.

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related degree field
• A minimum of 5 years of design/development automotive engineering experience in exhaust systems
• Self-starter with strong leadership, communication & organizational skills and demonstrated problem-solving ability

Preferred Requirements:

• Masters Degree in Engineering
• Automotive experience
• Product engineering experience
• Prototype experience
• Experience with Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
• Experience with Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R)
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt certification
• Solid understanding of system/component design preferred.
• General understanding of NX, TeamCenter and CoDeP preferred.
• Experience in the following areas would be beneficial: Formula SAE, Baja, or similar experience in college.
• Siemens & Adobe products including -- Vis Mockup, TeamCenter and PDF’s
• Microsoft Office Suite