Design Engineer (Seating Department)

General Summary :

Provides in-house and / or on-site customer support in the areas of CAD, engineering, and customer support issues.

Essential Job Functions :

• Design, develop and engineer applicable commodity.
• Define product requirements.
• Ensure the customer's expectations are met or exceeded.
• Utilize lessons learned and continuous improvement activities to ensure robust designs.
• Initiate DSRs for required design work.
• Maintain engineering open issues.
• Initiate, track, and maintain engineering discipline documents (DFMEA, DVP&R, BOM).
• Initiate engineering changes through ECI system.
• Execute initial engineering release and subsequent changes.
• Support various team disciplines (PFMEA, APQP, DFA, DFM, DFE, craftsmanship, tooling, timing, sales, etc.)
• Manage execution of FEA development.
• pprove product quality, GD&T, gauge / fixture design and build.
• Support analysis of dimensional data and corrective action for product concerns.
• Support resolution of build issues.
• Participate in weekly design reviews.
• Provide launch support, including onsite at customer manufacturing locations.
• Initiate, support, and participate in VA / VE initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications / Requirements :