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Senior Design Release Engineer

Magna International, Inc

  • Troy, Michigan
  • 8 days ago

    Highlights

    As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. This position has a high level of responsibility and visibility and will interface with OEMs, Magna divisions, global module group teams and Tier 2 suppliers.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTroy, Michigan
    IndustryAutomotive and Parts Mfg
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1957
    Websitehttp://www.magna.com/

    Description

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    What we offer:

    At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

    Group Summary:

    As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.

    Job Responsibilities:

    ABOUT THE ROLE
    Magna Steyr is looking for talented and experienced team members in complete vehicle development who are determined and passionate about developing the next level industry standard for vehicle architectures and production solutions. In the Body In White (BIW) discipline, the Senior Engineer is responsible to lead the engineering activities relating to the design and development of the vehicle BIW system. This position has a high level of responsibility and visibility and will interface with OEMs, Magna divisions, global module group teams and Tier 2 suppliers.

    YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
    Technical Responsibility
    Contribute to the Global Technical Area (GTA) strategy and growth of the engineering team
    • Support Technical Area (TA) core competencies
    • Support and contribute to knowledge base of internal and external best practices
    • Lead benchmarking studies and contribute to the benchmark knowledgebase
    • Propose and lead advanced development topics supporting the GTA
    • Propose continuous improvement opportunities to level up team skills, qualifications, tools and processes
    • Lead design proposals with set based engineering principles
    • Lead designs with 6 Sigma design principles
    • Support complex problem solving with cross functional teams

    WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
    Project Planning, Target Achievement, Monitoring & Reporting
    Employ technical expertise to lead the engineering development of one or more subsystems
    • Support the project team(s) engineering in achieving project objectives, performance and cost requirements, and timing milestones
    • Lead external support, services and resources supporting the project engineering development
    • Support work development packages assigned to third parties
    • Confirm OEM and magna project performance targets and assure the targets are achievable
    • Confirm OEM and magna project cost and timing targets and assure the targets are achievable
    • Support the Project Manager (PM) and contribute to the project resource planning, budget development, and status reporting
    • Be responsible for the release of Computer Aided Design (CAD) data into internal and external sites
    • Be responsible for the release of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), simulations and studies into internal or external sites
    • Be responsible for designs capable of meeting the serial production tact, First Time Quality (FTQ) and ergo targets
    • Be responsible for designs meeting the project performance and cost targets
    • Be responsible for designs meeting market region regulations, FMVSS, ECE, CNCA/GB, etc.
    • Confirm the Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) comprehends all project targets and is complete
    • Confirm the project Design Failure Mode and Effects and Analysis (DFMEA) comprehends all product risks and product usage cases

    Project Related Interface
    Support and Promote Project and Operations Collaboration
    • Lead global development touchpoint and milestone meetings
    • Collaborate with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) to assure production feasibility
    • Collaborate with the Design Studio to assure product appearance harmony
    • Collaborate with all cross functions to make complex decisions
    • Collaborate with the other project GTAs

    Employee Related Tasks
    Ensure cooperation with all areas within the engineering and request the required frame conditions
    • Ensure cooperation with project management
    • Ensure cooperation with all other groups within

    About Company

    We are a leading global automotive supplier with 347 manufacturing facilities and 94 product development, engineering and sales centres in 27 countries. We have over 159,000 employees focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative processes and World Class Manufacturing.

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