Automotive Exterior Lighting Design Engineer

Global Connect Technologies; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Connect Technologies in Irvine, CA seeks a Lighting Design and Reliability Engineer (Lighting DRE) to lead the design, development, validation, and release of automotive exterior lighting systems from concept to production.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, validation, and suppliers to ensure regulatory compliance, robust performance, and manufacturability, including DFMEA, DVP&R, and BOM activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in automotive exterior lighting design and development
• Strong understanding of exterior lighting regulatory requirements and homologation
• Knowledge of light sources, optics, reflector design, venting, sealing, airflow, condensation, and lamp architecture
• Knowledge of mounting strategies, interfaces, GD&T, and craftsmanship requirements
• Experience with lamp assembly techniques, testing, and validation
• Strong knowledge of plastic component design and tooling
• Understanding of plastic manufacturing processes, including multi-K injection molding and other injection molding processes
• Knowledge of manufacturing parameters that impact exterior trim and lighting product requirements
• Strong experience with CATIA V5/V6
• Experience working with engineering data management systems (EDMS)
• Understanding of automotive product development, engineering change, and release processes

Responsibilities

• Design and develop automotive exterior lighting systems and components.
• Support engineering activities from project kickoff through implementation and production release.
• Perform benchmarking, feature analysis, QFD, engineering design, drawing creation, 3D model development, and design release.
• Develop and maintain master sections and component interfaces to meet craftsmanship and packaging requirements.
• Define mounting strategies for lighting components and exterior trim while meeting robustness, quality, and performance requirements.
• Support CAE analysis and physical validation activities.
• Prepare and support DFMEA, DVP&R, and BOM activities.
• Ensure lighting designs comply with global regulatory and homologation requirements.
• Work with cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, tooling, validation, and suppliers.

Skills

Exterior lighting design

Homologation

Light sources & optics

Lamp architecture

Mounting strategies & GD&T

Lamp assembly & testing

Plastic component design

Multi-K injection molding

Manufacturing parameters

CATIA V5/V6

EDMS

Automotive product development

Engineering change & release

Tools

CATIA V5/V6

EDMS

Job description

Global Connect Technologies in Irvine, CA seeks a Lighting Design and Reliability Engineer (Lighting DRE) to lead the design, development, validation, and release of automotive exterior lighting systems from concept to production.

You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, tooling, validation, and suppliers to ensure regulatory compliance, robust performance, and manufacturability, including DFMEA, DVP&R, and BOM activities.