Design Engineer

Job Summary

The Design Engineer is responsible for designing and/or modifying automotive parts in collaboration with Vuteq’s OEM customers to ensure the design meeting Vuteq production requirements and OEM design intention. The Design Engineer needs to be capable of communicating with OEM and supplier directly to confirm design and solve design issues. The team member is also responsible for supporting development projects through: creation of CAD designs, finite element analysis, 3D printing, testing of products such as a full DFMEA process.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support senior design engineer and other engineering team members with design tasks
• Capable to create 3D model and basic 2D drawing for OEM study data and supplier drawing purposes
• Capable to communicate with OEM designers directly for confirming design and solving design issues
• Capable to train co-op students or Jr. Design Engineer team in design softwares (Catia, NX Unigraphics) in preparation of customer awarding design-responsible business to company
• Liaison to Vuteq manufacturing facilities and Customer Design/Engineering departments
• Provides insight into manufacturability of products based on drawing or design
• Lead and/or participate in the creation of the DFMEA and incorporate necessary actions into design
• Attend or lead design review meetings
• Provide design support to both internal and customer open issues list for product design issues(DSR, ECI, EWO), support issue resolution to the customer timeline
• Support development projects through creation of CAD designs, finite element analysis, 3D printing, testing of products, creation of slideshows, and presenting the findings to senior managers
• Aid in activity relating to prototyping which includes understanding and running equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Create and maintain documentation such as engineering drawings and bill of materials for customer projects
• Provide suggestions to Benchmarking activity through reverse engineering by purchase, disassembly, and analysis of competitor products
• Create VA/VE items and support customer and internal VA/VE activities

This role may involve being relocated to one of the overseas Vuteq locations or a Customer Engineering Centre.

Countries may include USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina or Japan

Intent & Function of Job Descriptions

Job descriptions assist organizations in ensuring that the hiring process is fairly administrated and that qualified team members are selected. They are also essential to an effective appraisal system and related promotion, transfer, layoff, and terminations decisions. Well-constructed job descriptions are an integral part of any effective compensation.

All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Successful completion of a minimum 2-4 year post-secondary program; both mechanical and design engineering considered relevant
• Successful completion of a bachelor of mechanical engineering/design engineering is considered an asset

Experience

• 2 - 3 years of experience using CAD design software’s (Catia V5, Siemens NX 11)
• Knowledge of the automotive industry is considered an asset

Skills and Abilities

• Maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail when producing CAD drawings
• High level of attentiveness to analytical details and abilities when creating a drawing
• Sense of creativity when working on cost/mass reducing development projects
• Actively listening to team members when developing designs, and while going through training exercises with the senior design engineer
• Time management skills in order to complete tasks by the required deadlines
• Organizational skills; ability to manage tasks efficiently while working on several different projects
• Ability to show versatility and resourcefulness when problem solving

Other

• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Must have or be able to obtain a valid passport