We are seeking an experienced Automotive Restraints Design and Release Engineer to support the design, development, validation, and release of automotive restraint systems, subsystems, and components. The role involves coordinating product development activities, managing engineering changes, supporting suppliers, and ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, manufacturing, and assembly requirements.

Automotive Restraints Design and Release Engineer

Overview / Summary

We are seeking an experienced Automotive Restraints Design and Release Engineer to support the design, development, validation, and release of automotive restraint systems, subsystems, and components. The role involves coordinating product development activities, managing engineering changes, supporting suppliers, and ensuring compliance with regulatory, customer, manufacturing, and assembly requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, validate, and release automotive restraint system components, including seatbelts, airbags, steering wheels, buckles, and height adjusters.
• Monitor the development of interior trim and interfacing components in accordance with established engineering benchmarks.
• Ensure component designs meet corporate, regulatory, customer, engineering, system design, manufacturing, and assembly requirements.
• Translate customer, regulatory, and product requirements into engineering targets.
• Manage project timing, release engineering drawings and specifications, and ensure on-time part delivery for program milestones.
• Develop and maintain FMA documents, Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R), and quality documentation.
• Track supplier deliverables and monitor product development progress.
• Monitor suppliers and analyze customer feedback to identify and address quality concerns.
• Coordinate engineering changes and new design implementation at assembly plants, including discussions with suppliers and other stakeholders.
• Support suppliers and assembly teams in resolving production quality and manufacturing issues.
• Support Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) activities for mass production.
• Apply applicable regulatory and public-domain requirements, including FMVSS and IIHS requirements, to product development and validation activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience as a Design and Release Engineer working with automotive restraint system components.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and public-domain requirements, including FMVSS and IIHS.
• Working knowledge of simulation and testing methodologies for restraint and safety systems.
• Experience managing project schedules, engineering drawings, specifications, supplier deliverables, and program milestones.
• Experience preparing FMA documents, DVP&R, and quality documentation.
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and prioritize competing tasks effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Familiarity with automotive engineering processes and systems.
• Experience with interfacing interior components, such as cockpit trim.

 

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