Engineer, CAD/CAE

Yazaki Europe Limited; San Pedro Garza García; On-site; MXN 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Yazaki North America, Inc. seeks a Sr./Principal Designer to design wire harness routing in a 3D vehicle environment and ensure quality per customer requirements. You will mentor junior designers and support design release with the wiring team.

Responsibilities include creating 3D models, optimizing for manufacturability and cost, and collaborating with engineering, manufacturing, and customers to validate specifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and package components and wire harnesses in a 3D vehicle environment, including splice locations at the harness level
• Identify critical packaging areas that require harness shielding or special support such as brackets, screw holes and weldnuts
• Adhere to customer specific drafting standards
• Provide support in the promotion of design proposals to wiring engineer and customer
• Prepare 3D model for release to customer
• Develop concept design for harness shield components and brackets
• Provide 3D model optimization for technical, cost competitiveness and manufacturability
• Synchronize 3D and logic data
• Interact with Design Release Engineer to ensure design is feasible for customer assembly
• Interact with Application Engineer to ensure design is feasible for manufacturing
• Collaborate with DVP&R team to validate customer requirements
• Train and mentor less experienced Designers as required
• Act as substitute for Supervisor as required
• Create and modify specifications and design guidelines
• Determine best practices and design processes
• Develop strategies to facilitate engineering objectives (process improvement, cost reduction, DFM, continuous improvement)

Job description

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Yazakiis a global leader in the research, development, and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions.

Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer globally, and we've strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 84-year history. Today, we're looking for energetic people with the potential to perform and the ability to strengthen - and thrive in - the positive work environment we pride ourselves on.

POSITION SUMMARY

Design wire harness routing through the 3D CAD tool and provide concept designs for new components. Assure quality of design / routing is maintained utilizing customer / internal specific requirements.

Unique to Sr. Designer

Train and mentor less experienced Designers and substitute for Supervisor as required.

Unique to Principal Designer

Same as Sr. Designer plus use expertise to identify and apply best practices, technologies and processes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Design

• Design and package components and wire harnesses in a 3D vehicle environment, including splice locations at the harness level (where a splice is placed on the wire harness)
• Identify critical packaging areas that require harness shielding or special support such as brackets, screw holes and weldnuts
• Adhere to customer specific drafting standards
• Provide support in the promotion of design proposals to wiring engineer and customer
• Prepare 3D model for release to customer
• Develop concept design for harness shield components and brackets
• Provide 3D model optimization for technical, cost competitiveness and manufacturability
• Synchronize 3D and logic data
• Interact with Design Release Engineer to ensure design is feasible for customer assembly
• Interact with Application Engineer to ensure design is feasible for manufacturing
• Collaborate with DVP&R team to validate customer requirements

Issue Management

• Communicate design issues driven by 3D to YNA Design Release Engineer for input into customer and USOEM BU issue/change management system

Additional Responsibilities for Sr. Designer and Principal Designer

• Train and mentor less experienced Designers as required
• Act as substitute for Supervisor as required
• Create and revise work instructions, processes and procedures
• Create, and modify specifications and design guidelines

Additional Responsibilities for Principal Designer

• Determine best practices and design processes
• Develop strategies to facilitate engineering objectives, (process improvement, cost reduction, DFM, continuous improvement, etc.)

Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.

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