Product Design Engineer – Powertrain & Mechatronics

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG; Wooster (OH); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Life insurance and 401k match

Company events

Job summary

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG in Wooster, OH invites a mechanical design engineer to contribute to the development of competitive products. You will build the mechanical system structure from architecture and risk analysis, decompose into subsystems, and craft detailed specifications for robust, reusable designs.

You will ensure traceability with the mechanical architecture and manage configurations, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with 1 year of experience.
• Applicable engineering & physics knowledge.
• Understanding of vehicle powertrain architectures and components.
• Basic understanding of electric machines and controls of hydraulics and heat transfer.
• Understanding of modelling and simulating of electric or mechatronic systems.
• Excellent communication ability (written & verbal).
• External applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Conduct mechanical design engineering activities required to develop competitive products.
• Develop the structure of the mechanical system from the architecture and consider the measures from the risk analysis in the construction.
• Break down structures into subsystems and components and create a detailed product specification.
• Check whether existing subsystems and components can be reused.
• Develop alternative structures and select the one that is most suitable.
• Ensure double-sided traceability with the mechanical architecture and provide work results under a configuration management (material designation, versioning, storage location, etc.).

Skills

Mechanical design

System architecture

Subsystem decomposition

Product specification

Traceability

Configuration management

Powertrain knowledge

Electric machines

Hydraulic & heat transfer

Modeling & simulation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG in Wooster, OH invites a mechanical design engineer to contribute to the development of competitive products. You will build the mechanical system structure from architecture and risk analysis, decompose into subsystems, and craft detailed specifications for robust, reusable designs.

You will ensure traceability with the mechanical architecture and manage configurations, collaborating across teams to deliver reliable solutions in a fast-paced environment.