Casting Design Engineer or Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Title : Casting Design Engineer or Mechanical Design Engineer

Location : Southfield, MI

Job Duties :

• Design and develop ductile iron casting components as per customer standards and specifications.
• Study packaging space, hard points, machining & assembly requirements.
• Define casting parting plane & parting line for the cast components.
• Coordinate with FEA team & providing necessary testing related inputs.
• Review FEA results & provide / implement design improvement solutions.
• Coordinate with casting & machining plants for design feasibility.
• Use CATIA & UG NX software for component design and modelling.
• Prepare casting models for mass optimization using software (Inspire).
• Perform tolerance stack-up analysis for assembly fitments.
• Prepare detailed machining drawings and assembly drawings using 2D and 3D software (CATIA, UG NX) and release per Grede LLC processes.
• Ensure design optimization throughout entire product design cycle.