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Product Development Engineer ThT

Location: A 0591 Basket Mexico

Division: BENTELER Automotive

Working Area: Engineering; Technical Development

Employment Type: Professional

Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time

Weekly Working Hours: 48.00

Required Languages: English

Requisition ID: 44182

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

• Product Development Engineering experience in the automotive industry, including product launch. Chassis and engine component experience preferred.
• Experience developing and validating mechanical components using 3D CAD models, FEA, and PLM software
• Experience evaluating product concepts to identify potential problems and propose solutions
• PTC Windchill or similar PLM system experience preferred.
  
  

Product and process experience with metal forming and joining preferred

(cold stamping/hot stamping/tube bending/welding

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Product Development Engineer to join our team. As a Product Development Engineer, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and launch of automotive components. If you’re passionate about innovation, problem-solving, and ensuring product quality, we’d love to hear from you!

Position Detail

• Project Leadership: Plan and lead the product development process, providing regular project status updates.
• Requirements Management: Review customer and internal technical requirements, preparing the requirement manual.
• GD&T Expertise: Apply General Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) principles effectively.
• Feasibility and Risk Assessment: Control product feasibility and conduct design-FMEAs.
• Tolerance Investigations: Investigate tolerances and develop dimensioning concepts.
• Prototype Supervision: Plan and supervise prototype builds, tests, and experiments.
• Validation Planning: Review test specifications and prepare the Design Validation Plan (DVP).
• Design Issue Resolution: Provide engineering knowledge to identify and resolve design issues.
• Cost Optimization: Support value analysis and develop cost reduction concepts.
• Engineering Documentation: Release product drawings and manage engineering changes.
• Supplier Assessment: Assist in the technical assessment of suppliers.
• Quality Compliance: Ensure design compliance with internal and external quality standards.
  
  

Position Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Industrial preferred).
• Experience: Product Development Engineering experience in the automotive industry, including product launch.
• Technical Skills:
• Proficiency in 3D CAD modeling, FEA, and PLM software.
• Ability to evaluate product concepts and propose solutions.
• Experience with PTC Windchill or a similar PLM system preferred.
• Knowledge of metal forming and joining processes (aluminum extrusion, hot stamping, cold stamping, welding).
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Flexibility: Willingness to work between Grand Rapids and Holland, MI locations.
  

If you’re ready to contribute to cutting-edge automotive solutions and collaborate with a dynamic team, apply today! We look forward to reviewing your application.

Your contact

Maria Fernanda Gorostieta Lavalle

BENTELER Human Resources

Phone: +49 5254 81-207040

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The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with around 23,000 colleagues in nearly 26 countries.

The same is true in our BENTELER Automotive division. This is where intelligent solutions for the automotive world are born—and where we, as a partner, provide answers on central topics like safety, the environment, and efficiency to nearly every major automotive manufacturer. Whether it's the body, the chassis, or the engine, we’re constantly setting new standards with the products, materials, and technologies we develop and produce. Inventiveness that makes sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!