Dearborn, MI, US
Position Description/Responsibilities:
- Design under and/or upper body wiring harnesses complying with program cost, weight, quality, performance, and timing targets.
- Complies with Robustness Engineering Disciplines (Quality history, P-Diagram, FMEA, etc.) ensuring compliance to requirements and specifications.
- Knowledge and application of six sigma and 8D
- Leads Technical Design Reviews (TDRs)
- Release parts in FEDEBOM and WERS through the product life cycle. Support the Change Control Meeting.
- Audit and update BOM (Bill of Material) with correct part levels and usage, for prototype builds and maintain it post Job 1.
- Identify validation, durability and functional test required as per requirements and specifications. (DVP / FEDE DVP dashboard)
- Issue resolution in Digital and Build Phases of Product Development.
- Analyze and breakdown Program Direction Letter and Trim Spiders to account for EDS.
- Generate proposals to minimize giveaway cost and reduce total part count.
- Generate design optimization proposals utilizing benchmarking.
- Develop and maintain the build level complexity charts.
- Perform Harness Complexity Analysis.
- Perform engineering cost estimates.
- Define and verify engineering prototypes requirements at part level.
- Parts implementation/Sign-off in manufacturing and assembly plants assisting quality issue resolution in all milestones.
- Support prototype and production build events for forward model programs.
- Support quality and manufacturing quality forums s required.
- Complies with GPDS deliverables (applicable to EDS) for each milestone.
- Submit invention disclosures, process improvements and best practices.
- Comply with training as outlined in calendar year objectives.
- Willingness to travel out of state and into Mexico/Central America.
Skills Required:
Design Release Engineer - Experience designing and releasing low voltage wiring harness including launch experience.
Skills Preferred:
CAD Design 1. CAD Design - 3DX experience a plus, with CATIA/TeamCenter or other CAD experience considered.
Experience Required:
5-10 years of wiring harness design and vehicle launch Basic 3D CAD Knowledge (3DX preferred, TeamCenter) Ford GPDS knowledge and understanding Understanding of feature partitioning. Understanding of automotive systems.
Experience Preferred:
Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics desired). Microsoft Office Usage (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio). Time and Project Management Wiring harness manufacturing
Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree
Additional Information:
POSITION IS HYBRID (In the office 4 days a week)
Strong English Proficiency (written, read, and oral).
