Power Liftgate Systems - Design Release Engineer
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Key Responsibilities
- Component Ownership: Lead the complete "cradle-to-grave" product engineering process for power liftgate components and sub-systems, ensuring they meet vehicle packaging and styling constraints.
- CAD & Architecture: Interface with internal or supplier CAD resources using NX / CATIA and manage product release structures within Teamcenter.
- Quality & Validation: Author and execute Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) testing at the component, system, and full-vehicle level.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the Product Design Office (styling), body-in-white (BIW), interior trim, electrical architecture, and assembly plants to ensure flawless system integration.
- Supplier Management: Oversee tier-1 supplier engineering and manufacturing activities, leading design reviews and ensuring hardware delivers on time and within cost targets.
- Issue Resolution: Utilize structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., Shainin Red X, Kepner-Tregoe, DFSS) to root-cause assembly plant, prototype build, and field warranty failures.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
- Experience:
- 3+ years of experience in automotive product development design and release.
- Direct experience with electromechanical systems, closures, moving mechanisms, or body-electronics integration preferred.
- Technical Skills:
- Deep understanding of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) and tolerance stack-up analysis.
- Familiarity with typical automotive manufacturing processes (plastics injection molding, stamping, electronics assembly).
- Proficiency in change management documentation (CNs/ECRs) and managing a Bill of Materials (BOM).
- Soft Skills: Excellent interpersonal, project tracking, and conflict management skills needed to drive alignment across global engineering sites.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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- Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
- Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
Preferred Qualifications
- Direct experience with electromechanical systems, closures, moving mechanisms, or body-electronics integration preferred.
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