Lead Actuation Engineer

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Job Posting Title

Lead Actuation Engineer

Job Description Summary

Leads the project planning, design, development testing, and release of new products and product enhancements. Projects are highly complex and original, requiring strategic direction, cross-disciplinary integration, and ingenuity of approach.Contributes to strategy development and develops guidelines and procedures for the product engineering function.

Job Description

• Serves as project manager for product development projects.

• Interfaces with customer representatives throughout the product development cycle to gather requirements, ensure design meets the requirement, and gain approval to use the design in production.

• Researches and records historical and benchmark information regarding the customer's need; creates and maintains a record of potential risks with the product design.

• Compiles reports and completes documentation to track and facilitate the product development process.

• Oversees various analyses such as stack-ups, DFMEA, Finite Element Analysis, Design for Assembly/ Manufacturing studies, and Noise, Vibration, and Harshness studies; approves changes in design bases on analyses.

• Delivers technical presentations to various stakeholders; participates in various technical reviews throughout the product development cycle.

• Leads the establishment of key product characteristics and development of a bill of materials for an approved design.

• Compiles reports and completes documentation to track and facilitate the product development process.

• Leads the testing and validation of product designs; ensures scheduling of product design testing; gains prototype and part approval.

• Attains final authorization, documentation, and release to production of a new product or product enhancement design; helps complete design drawings or other documentation; helps obtain drawing approval and issuance of notice of release; supports product launch activities.

• Advises and directs individuals and teams across the business as an acknowledged authority in the field.

• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline and at least 7 years of product engineering design and development experience. Automotive industry experience preferred. Experience in mechanisms & kinematics preferred.

• Experience with full cycle product launch from concept to start of production within engineering product development processes required.

• Experience in utilizing CAD tools to design components and/or systems. Siemens NX preferred.

• Experience in defining CAE analysis needs with boundary conditions, load cases and managing 3D CAE execution from CAE services, including dynamic analyses required.

• Experience in utilizing state of the art CAE tools and methods to drive the design preferred, with skills including:

• Training and experience with Matlab/Simulink for 1D CAE concept creation, parameters and sizing

• Exposure and experience in Kinematics, utilizing basic CAE tools for concept Dynamics, FEA assessment

• Knowledge of requirement management tools such as Doors preferred.

• 7 - 10 years of driveline or transmission product engineering experience preferred.

About American Axle & Manufacturing

As a leading global Tier 1 Automotive and Mobility Supplier, AAM (NYSE: AXL) designs, engineers and manufactures Driveline and Metal Forming technologies to support electric, hybrid and internal combustion vehicles. Headquartered in Detroit with over 80 facilities in 18 countries, AAM is bringing the future faster for a safer and more sustainable future. We work together to support our customers on global and regional platforms with a focus on quality, operational excellence and technology leadership.

With our global footprint, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the unique voices of our diverse workforce. Be part of the future with #TeamAAM.

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