Senior Design Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Lead the integration and package a wide variety of lighting components in CAD, such as headlmaps, light pipes, functional lamps and signalling lamps for the assigned vehicle lines.
• Work with the assigned design release engineers to optimize the design with special focus on cost, mass and part count
• Focus ideas on combining and eliminating redundancy and components to streamline designs and manufacturing processes
• Push the limits to optimize vehicle mechanical architecture, and electrical system integration into the overall product and process, driving engineering tradeoffs to optimize performance, cost, and mass
• Partner with manufacturing engineering to drive new ideas to minimize assembly time, drive designs that deliver high first pass factory yields, and high field reliability
• Collaboratively design mechanical components by interfacing with multiple business functions within the company in support of Body Lighting  such as Studio, Purchasing and Exteriors.
• Develop and document component mechanical functional requirements based on product requirements for custom, semi-custom, and off-the-shelf components
• Consider all aspects of integration such as UI/UX, EMC, service, manufacturing build feasibility, thermal, durability, mounting, ensuring correct clearances, NVH, water/dust ingress, component functionality, perceived quality, etc
• Complete component design verification plans to ensure we deliver low mass, low cost, yet durable parts and modules to the vehicle program

Perform other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position