Design Release Engineer – Body Closures (Remote/Flexible)

G-TECH Services; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Training opportunities

Flexible/remote work options

Growth opportunities

401K

Competitive pay

Job summary

G-Tech is seeking a Design Release Engineer (Body Closures) to lead design validation, DFMEA/PFMEA, and release activities for automotive closure systems including hoods, doors, liftgates, and decklids.

You will collaborate with Studio, Design, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Quality to ensure GD&T, tolerance analysis, and regulatory compliance, delivering manufacturable solutions across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience with DFMEA and PFMEA methodologies.
• Ability to perform measurements and design assessments using CAD tools.
• Experience supporting automotive product development activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate DFMEA sessions to identify potential failure modes and mitigation actions.
• Support design validation and release activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Develop and review closure geometry for hoods, doors, liftgates, decklids, and related body components.
• Collaborate with Studio and Design teams to translate styling surfaces into manufacturable engineering solutions.
• Review designs for compliance with corporate engineering standards and design rules.
• Create and maintain engineering evidence packages, validation reports, signoffs, and supporting documentation.
• Author and manage Supplier Corrective Action Forms (SCAFs).
• Coordinate with suppliers to resolve quality concerns and drive corrective actions.
• Perform CAD reviews, interference checks, tolerance analysis, and design verification activities.
• Apply GD&T principles to ensure proper fit, finish, and assembly performance.
• Support design reviews, engineering gateways, and audit readiness activities.
• Verify compliance with safety, crash, durability, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

DFMEA

PFMEA

CAD tools

design validation

supplier quality

engineering documentation

GD&T

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

Job description

G-Tech is seeking a Design Release Engineer (Body Closures) to lead design validation, DFMEA/PFMEA, and release activities for automotive closure systems including hoods, doors, liftgates, and decklids.

You will collaborate with Studio, Design, Manufacturing, Suppliers, and Quality to ensure GD&T, tolerance analysis, and regulatory compliance, delivering manufacturable solutions across the product lifecycle.