Product Design Engineer
Modern Technical Staffing Inc.
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Full-time
Lead Product Design Engineer
Our client is an established automotive component manufacturer and they are currently hiring for a Lead Product Design Engineer for the design, engineering, and development of their Control Arm / Chassis product line.
Role and Responsibilities :
- Lead the ongoing development of NPIs for the control arm / chassis product line.
- Develop detailed specifications, drawings, testing, and validation plans for the product line.
- Investigate and develop component specifications, standards, and best practices.
- Assess new technologies / designs and make recommendations based on scientific principles and test data for the control arm / chassis product line.
- Review design changes to determine impact to functional performance and compliance with internal engineering standards.
- Execute implementation of new designs and / or standards with manufacturers.
- Consult and evaluate suppliers on the manufacturing processes used in the production of control arm, chassis, and relevant components.
- Investigate new approaches to differentiate products internally and externally.
- Perform and manage benchmarking to competitors for control arm / chassis product line.
- Prepare and update DFMEA, DVP and engineering standards.
- Assess and onboard new manufacturers to engineering standards and best practices.
- Re-evaluate products and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Review and compile testing data to quantify improvements that have been made to various designs.
- Provide support on resolving any product quality or manufacturing issues with manufacturers.
- On-boarding and training new team members.
- Document and upgrade current engineering specifications and standards.
- Collaborate with peers on research projects providing guidance and support.
Qualifications :
- Bachelors’ degree in Engineering or Applied Science
- 7+ years work experience in an automotive engineering environment specializing in suspension component design & manufacturing.
- Proven experience in leading and driving the automotive component development programs.
- Extensive knowledge in Autodesk Mechanical, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD or similar 2D & 3D CAD systems.
- Proven experience in development of automotive components with the sheet metal, weldments, casting, and forging manufacturing processes.
- Experience in development of spherical joint components and assemblies.
- Experience and knowledge in design and development of rubber automotive components and rubber injection moulding manufacturing processes.
- Knowledge of automotive suspension component SAE testing standards.
- Knowledge of GD&T as per ASME Y14.5.
- Experience in developing product DFMEAs & DVP&Rs.
- Knowledge of Mechanical Testing (Hardness, Metallurgy, Tensile).
- Proven experience with APQP.
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) experience is an asset.
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA) experience is an asset.
- Experience in evaluating & auditing suppliers is an asset.
1 day ago