Engineering Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

The Engineering Manager provides front-line technical customer interface for entire program. Manages the design and processes for a specific project, program or product line to meet current and future needs. Provides technical leadership, develops the technical skills, knowledge and provides technical direction of the engineers and designers on the team. Develops and provides resolution to customer technical issues through Chief Engineer. Core member of SDT.

Provides technical direction to engineers, designers, and support personnel. Approves all technical issues and works with team to ensure time, cost objectives and product performance are met. Understands and identifies the resource requirements to meet program/product objectives. Manages program resources to maximize utilization-identifying the right resource for the task-to meet program deliverables. Promotes and facilitates the use of best practices in engineering. Develops and manages the program/product engineering budget. Capable of communicating effectively with all management levels.

Specific Functions-Technical Responsibilities

• Calls, supports and runs technical design reviews monthly/as necessary. Publishes a technical design review report.
• Ensures that internal and customer best practices are being followed in creating layout drawings, detail drawings and assembly drawings. Ensures that the customer's environment drawings are kept up-to-date. Ensures that no packaging or interference problems exist in the drawings/data.
• Facilitates, develops and implements internal and customer best practices in design and engineering. This includes, but is not limited to PDfSS, drawing standards, FEA, GD&T, root cause analysis, DVP, DFMEA, hand calculations and use of carry-over and CPP technology.
• Ensures the design is robust to provide the highest quality in the build and assembly of prototype parts. Personally ensures that the design and engineering data is released on-time to ensure the highest quality assemblies for testing and the customer.
• Leads root cause analysis in the resolution of any test failures. Reviews and approves the analysis with the appropriate engineering management resources to resolve any particularly difficult problems. Ensures the appropriate management teams are brought in for any potential safety concern.
• Acquires the appropriate Chief/Director sign-off on the documentation for concurrence to quantities and tests required for supporting/resolving technical issues. Ensures the product has gone through the appropriate channels to optimize the plan, ensuring the minimum number of prototypes are being tested and the best choice of reliability techniques are used to determine test duration, number of samples and types of tests.
• Supports DFMEAs prior to release of prototype tooling.
• Approves FEA/analysis/testing prior to release of prototype tooling to ensure design meets desired criteria/specifications.
• Reviews cost, performance, timing, weight and investment versus customer targets with his/her core team members. Ensures that the program/product is meeting internal and external targets and specifications. Ensures that a complete corrective action plan is in place (and agreed to with the core SDT) when the product is not conforming to expectations (including timing).
• Directs and approves analysis (FEA, dimensional, hand calculations, etc.) prior to finalizing concept selection to ensure that the choice for concept meets the load requirements. Supports best practices and early detection for BSR. Ensures team uses the right tool/technology for providing technical solution to program/product issues. Is aware of advancing technology and directs implementation as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Willingness to travel to customer facility and suppliers
• Technical understanding of complete seat design integration of foam, trim, plastics, structures, wiring, etc. with specific experience related to seating design
• Mechanical aptitude for problem solving using tools such as KT, A3, FTA, 8D, etc
• Basic computer skills (Windows, MS Office, etc.) and ability to learn/apply Adient-specific software (eg, PLM, EPIC, etc.)
• Understanding of basic GD&T and ability to facilitate/develop and implement on drawings
• Ability to conduct statistical analysis of data (performance/supplier dimensional data) and interpret data to understand trends.
• Experience working with Asian OEM seating design preferred
• CAD 2D drawing and layout creation & 3D design

Education Required

Degree in Engineering

Experience Required

10+ years in automotive engineering

5 years in a lead engineering role designing seating product

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI