Brake Design Engineer

General Responsibilities:

Design engineering of automotive brakes and components. Lead technical interface in the project, internally and towards the customer. Responsible for product definition.

Job Responsibilities: The main duties and responsibilities include the following:

Lead technical activities:

Manage one or several mechanical product solutions in an application project (or acquisition) on spec, on time and on cost provide application cost and development planning during acquisition phase

Coordinate and plan technical activities (internally and with the customer) in alignment with the project

Support and coordination of overall product validation (Performance on bench, NVH and vehicle tests)

Coordinate sample quantity determination for internal needs

Authorize delivery of samples to customer

Maintain specific customer/project knowledge and history

Represent internally the customer towards plant, suppliers and other stakeholders

Alert in case of deviation according to internal rulesProject development activities

Ensure technical activities are driven according to internal standards

In charge of the technical definition according to customer requirements and internal design rules

Lead the design reviews internally and participate to review with suppliers when necessary

Improvement:

• project technical documentation and other project related documents
• to product continuous improvement through lessons learn

Qualifications:The Ideal candidate will have:

• 3+ years of "hands on" CAD experience with CATIA
• 2+ years of "hands on" design experience with automotive brakes and components

Key Professional Competencies: ‘’Hard technical skills directly related to the job function’’

Overall good product and system knowledge

Automotive, market & customer knowledge

Mechanic & mechatronic knowledge

Manufacturing process knowledge

Design Review Method knowledge

Good overview of development and validation process

Functional safety & tools knowledge

PLM tool

Ability to work in a multicultural environment

Fluent English level

Key Personal Competencies ‘’Soft behaviour or personal skills related to the individual capacity to execute a job task or responsibility’’

• & Problem Solving
• & Result Orientation
• & Teamwork
• & Accountability

Qualification & Experience

Knowledge: Office Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, etc. SAP, Fluent English language.

Behaviors: Critical Thinking, Result oriented, Leadership, Teamwork, Business acumen, Ownership & Accountability

Skills: Coordination of multidisciplinary teams, Strategy Understanding & Roll-out, and Managerial Courage

Additionally, the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong verbal and written communication skills. Experience with PCs and application software, such as MS Office tools is also required.

Education: Bachelor/Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.

Experience: 3+ years of experience in design/product engineering with automotive brakes. Automotive experience required.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Working conditions:

• Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Travel: Domestic and international may be required as needed. The candidate will occasionally need to travel to multiple global locations to support project development.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information am-jobs@hitachiastemo.com Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.