Exterior Lighting Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Irvine, CA is seeking a skilled engineer to design and develop exterior lighting systems for automotive or architectural applications. The role requires hands-on experience with Catia and a solid grasp of regulatory requirements and homologation processes.

You will own project delivery from kickoff to release, define mounting strategies, and ensure robustness and quality targets. Experience with plastic component design and molding processes is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in design and development of exterior lighting systems.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and homologation for exterior lighting.
• Experience delivering engineering projects from kick-off to release.
• Strong CATIA V5/V6 and PLM/engineering data management skills.
• Knowledge of plastic components and molding processes for exterior trims.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of exterior lighting components.
• Coordinate with suppliers and manufacturing for tooling and production.
• Prepare drawings, models, DFMEA, and validation support.
• Finalize mounting strategies to meet robustness and QC targets.

Skills

Exterior lighting design

Regulatory compliance

Project delivery

Homologation knowledge

Mounting strategy design

Plastic component design

Plastic molding processes

CATIA V5/V6

Engineering data management

Tools

Catia V5/V6

Engineering Data Management

Job description

• Experience in design and development of Exterior Lighting systems
• Exposure to global requirements for exterior lamps in term of regulatory requirements. types of light sources, venting options, reflector designs, optics, sealing section designs, material, air flow, condensation, mounting and GD&T, manufacturing processes (such as multi-K injection molding, lamp assembly techniques, lamps testing & validation etc.)
• Project delivery related to engineering and design from kick off to implementation including QFD, benchmarking, feature analysis, engineering, drawing and model preparation and release, CAE and physical validation support, DFMEA and DVP-Preparation of Bill of Material in Exterior Lighting systems.
• Homologation knowledge of Exterior lighting systems and care to be taken in product design.
• Creating master sections of lighting components with interface to meet craftsmanship requirements.
• Finalizing mounting strategy of exterior trim parts and lighting components with interface parts to meet robustness and other performance and Quality targets
• Expertise on plastic component design and knowledge, understanding of tooling.
• Knowledge of various plastic manufacturing process and critical parameters in exterior trims system and lighting systems which affects product requirements.
• Good experience in Catia V5/V6 and engineering data management systems.