Product Engineer - Associate

KCM Technical; Windsor; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector is seeking a Product Engineer to manage suspension component design and engineering for production vehicles. The role requires expertise in mechanical or electrical engineering and experience in chassis engineering. Candidates will engage in all phases from concept to vehicle launch, ensuring functionality and quality. This position is ideal for individuals passionate about automotive engineering and looking to make a mark in the industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering required.
• Two years' experience in chassis engineering design preferred.
• Experience in suspension design and development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for suspension component and system design for production vehicles.
• Conduct kinematic/compliance modeling and structural analysis.
• Oversee component validation and engineering release process.

Skills

Chassis Engineering Design

Component Validation

Automotive Interest

Problem Solving

Robust Design

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master of Science Degree in Engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Job description

Hybrid - 1 to 2 times onsite

Description:
The Product Engineer is responsible for the suspension component and system design, development, and engineering release for production vehicles. The Engineer will take part in development of vehicle level functional objectives and work to establish, and achieve, the corresponding component level functional objectives. The Engineer will be responsible for the components/system from initial concept, to kinematic/compliance modeling, to structural analysis, to validation, through component and vehicle launch. Responsibilities include component design (FMEA), analysis (CAE), vehicle packaging (NX), model/drawing integrity (Teamcenter), development, component validation (DVP&R, change management (CN), engineering bill of material (EBOM/CODEP), build support, issue management (GIMS), fastened joint design, and assembly torque development.

Requirements:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
* If a recent college graduate then GPA minimum of 2.5 *
• Two (2) years chassis engineering design and development experience
• Demonstrated automotive interest (via hobbies or college project)
• Demonstrated passion to work in automotive industry. Preferred Requirements:
• Experience with problem solving such as Red-X (preferred)
• Experience with robust design such as DFSS (preferred)
• Ability in NX/Teamcenter (preferred)
• 2 years suspension design, development, and validation experience (preferred)
• Experience with release systems (preferred)
• Master of Science Degree in Engineering (preferred)
• SAE collegiate design project team experience (preferred)