Senior Engineer Underbody – Body Structures

Senior Engineer Underbody – Body Structures

Requirements

• 8+ years of expertise in automotive Body Structures systems and sub-systems at OEM or supplier desired
• Experience with castings, the extrusion process, stampings and their advantages and limitations
• Experience with structural load path planning and solving complicated packaging problems
• Experience in full life cycle from concept to prototype to full production
• Experience in technology, system and supplier selection with expectation of leading activities
• Proven 3D CAD skills, proficient with CATIA V5/V6 or similar software

Responsibilities

• Responsible to lead the design and development of weight efficient BIW structural designs to deliver the highest level of performance in NVH, durability and crash performance from a blank page through to production with experience developing under body assemblies
• Design with excellence at system and component level with great attention to every detail creating optimized for performance, size, weight, durability, and cost
• Work closely with both internal teams and external suppliers using creativity and teamwork to lead integration of multiple systems in the most efficient way possible
• Work closely with other stake owners and attribute owners across the company such as Vehicle Safety, Vehicle Dynamics, NVH, Durability, Manufacturing, Design Studio, etc. to create world class designs
• Collaboration with cross functional teams such as CAE by interpreting and using analysis results to guide and evolve the design
• Collaboration with manufacturing to ensure efficient process sequence and build quality
• Cross functionally work with Manufacturing, Design and Product Development as well as with Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Stamping and Suppliers on items such as tool buy-offs and secondary component changes
• Ability to create testing plan to prove out design concepts and conduct physical testing to confirm the design meets performance targets
• Ability to collaborate with the Design Team to evaluate Class A styling surfaces to provide feasibility assessments to deliver world class vehicle body structures
• Perform detailed analysis of section properties, materials and manufacturing processes through benchmarking activities to understand competitiveness of designs
• Coordinate virtual engineering and physical validation testing activities for your designs
• Coordinate and communicate with interfacing suppliers
• Effectively provide direction to others and negotiate a balanced solution
• Determine required tolerances using GD&T
• Travel domestically and internationally as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid track record of successful system level integration
• Hands-on practical experience in prototype assembly and production assembly with the willingness to assemble your own parts
• Project leadership and mentoring skills
• Detail oriented personality with a determined problem-solving attitude using an Engineering first principles approach
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes applicable for body structures such as castings, extrusions, cold and hot form stampings, their advantages, and limitations