Engineer 3, Product Quality

Overview

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Position

Job title : Engineer 3, Product Quality

Location : Avon, Ohio, United States

On-site / Remote : On-site

Job Description

Employer : Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

Job Title : Engineer 3, Product Quality

Name & Title of Direct Supervisor : Director, Product Quality - Controls

Job Location : 35500 Chester Road, Avon, OH 44011

Work Hours : Full time, 40 hours per week (M-F, 8 am to 5 pm)

Summary : This position on the Controls Product Business Team is responsible for developing and implementing product designs and systems that prevent quality-related issues in Bendix and KB products. The products designed and evaluated for quality and reliability will include commercial vehicle braking systems and related components, such as electropneumatic braking modules, electronic control units (ECUs), air management systems, and wheel-end components. Products will also include Redundant Braking Systems working in conjunction with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) hardware like cameras, radar and lidar for higher levels of vehicle autonomy. Specific systems covered include Service Brake Control (SBC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Automatic Traction Control (ATC), Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), Lane Keep Assist (LKA), Standstill Braking, etc. The role encompasses preventative and enhancement-focused product design assessments to ensure reliability, performance, quality, safety, and compliance with federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in identifying potential risks and mitigation actions for hardware and software projects. Evaluate potential interactions with other products and systems.
• Perform in-depth stress and noise factor risk analyses to identify possible product risks and failures, and deploy adequate design solutions to prevent them.
• Support the Product Development and Commercialization (PDC) Gate process and the Advanced Product Safety Governance (APSG) protocol throughout the product lifecycle, from feasibility to launch, in an Agile team environment.
• Ensure the use of tools such as hazard analysis, fault tree analysis, and DFMEA to identify product safety risks and confirm that designs are robust enough to meet customer requirements. Manage risk registers, mitigation strategies, and follow-up communication planning.
• Develop reliability goals to be achieved during product development testing using reliability growth (RG) standards. Validate the sufficiency of reliability assessments and lead the planning of assessment techniques.
• Conduct assessments against RG planned values to estimate whether the program is progressing as scheduled. Determine when alternative strategies are needed if the program deviates from plan.
• Reexamine problem areas and lead management strategies to ensure that failure modes identified during testing are addressed with effective corrective actions that support the achievement of reliability goals.
• Develop effective working relationships to secure matrixed resources in support of initiatives. Positively influence stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external. Clearly communicate project status, risks, and scope changes to stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Serve as the quality focal point for assigned customers within the designated business unit. Interface with customers and manufacturing plants to define quality requirements and monitor performance.
• Support breakthrough quality initiatives and participate in special projects as assigned. Assist all functional areas and manufacturing locations with advanced quality planning, problem resolution, prevention, and mistake-proofing.
• Identify weaknesses and failure modes in design and manufacturing processes. Coordinate personnel and procedures to analyze, isolate, and identify the root causes of failures.

Minimum Degree & Experience Required

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and five (5) years of experience within automotive or commercial vehicle industry OR Master's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering and two (2) years of experience within automotive or commercial vehicle industry.

Special Skills Required

Travel

Must be willing to travel domestically and globally up to 25%.

What Bendix Has to Offer

Benefits include :

Company-Paid Benefits :

Voluntary Employee-Paid Benefits :

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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