Mechanical Design Engineer - Chassis

Company Description

MUST be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

MUST be available to start working within 3 weeks of offer acceptance date.

SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is hiring a Mechanical Design Engineer - Chassis to join our growing team in Greensboro, NC.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits plan, and great opportunities for career growth!

With a global presence in 28 countries with 140 offices worldwide, SEGULA GROUP fosters a close relationship with its customers thanks to the expertise of its 11,000 employees.

SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is an Engineering and Design Services company with a proven ability to boost innovation and competitiveness within the major industrial sectors, including Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Rail, Naval, Pharmaceutical, and Oil and Gas.

Job Description

As a Consultant, serve as an Experienced Engineer to develop technical solutions for Chassis Equipment function areas. Have operational responsibility for a component or sub-module delivery as a Function owner resource capacity. Drive the work from an operational perspective. Lead mechanical design engineering activities in a particular area.

Responsibilities

• Take product ownership and engineering responsibility, lead engineering activities in assigned Chassis Equipment function areas.

• Integrate deliveries from other cross functional stakeholders and secure quality and timely delivery of design releases.

• Perform design activities from concept to production phase, support verification & validation activities, and any corrective actions during design maturity stages.

• Work in cross functional teams to prepare, present design review for manufacturing (DFM), aftermarket (DFAM) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), quality tools related to function responsibility area.

• Work with analyst (FEA, CFD), designers.

• Determine the most optimum approach for actual or potential problems and implement cost effective solutions.

• Coordinate with suppliers/vendors during sourcing, tooling development, quality issues, reviewing & approving supplier requests for engineering change.

• Provide engineering support for prototype/methods/pilot builds at production plant, corrective action for vehicle audit issues.

• Resolve factory, assembly, lab, project, product issues as tracked in Jira Product issue log (PIL) system within area of responsibility.

• Initiate & follow up on engineering work requests for testing (TWR), analysis work request (AWR), engineering shop work request, rapid prototype, to provide guidance and direction on related projects.

• Work with test engineers to support the testing activities, specify test procedure, type of testing required, support prototype procurement.

• Develop plan for accelerated endurance testing of the components/assemblies in area of responsibility.

• Assure compliance with applicable vehicle regulations (FMVSS, FMCSR, EPA, CARB etc) related to area of responsibility.

• Respond to technical reports and provide corrective guidance and recommendations resulting from verification & validation activities.

• Manage, update, issue engineering design changes in product data management system for timely deliveries

• Plan and complete engineering activities within area of function group responsibility.

• Heavy emphasis is placed on level of expertise, knowledge, analysis, accuracy, interaction within department and external organizations.

• Work in a cross-functional mode with stakeholders in other line organizations (Group Trucks Operations/Vehicle Engineering/Powertrain Engineering/Aftermarket Technology/Complete Vehicle) to secure technical solutions for assigned function area within Chassis Equipment.

• Spread knowledge and develop competence within the team.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (or equivalent).

• Master's degree is preferred.

• 5+ years of experience in product development in the transportation industry, preferably in truck development.

• Extensive knowledge of Class 8 heavy duty trucks is a plus.

• Knowledge of product development life cycle is a must.

• Basic CAD (CREO-AVP) experience is required.

• Working knowledge of Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T).

• Product data management experience from previous experience.

• Familiar with finite element analysis (FEA - Structural, Fatigue analysis) and Computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

• Previous product ownership experience is preferred.

• Ability to take initiatives to optimize the systems, processes, and methods.

• Experience working in an Agile environment (such as certified product owner or scrum master) is a plus.

• Previous project management experience is a merit.

• Must have authorization to work in the US.

• Candidate demonstrates self- awareness, is self-driven with positive, global, and problem-solving, growth mindset

Additional Information

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