Product Engineer

Dana Incorporated; Maumee (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Dana Incorporated in Maumee, Ohio is seeking a Product Engineer to lead axle product development for the global engineering team. This role focuses on guiding design activities for carriers, ensuring Dana design practices meet customer packaging interfaces and performance requirements.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, and estimating to design cost-effective, manufacturable components, provide technical support across functions, and oversee DFMEA/DVP&R reviews, testing setups,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 3 years of drivetrain engineering experience in automotive or heavy equipment sectors.
• Experience with casting, forging, forming, or machining is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer specifications to design axle carriers meeting Dana standards.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, and estimating to ensure cost-effective, manufacturable designs.
• Provide technical support to customers and internal teams during sourcing, development, and production.
• Review DFMEAs, DVP&Rs, and test setups; evaluate prototype results.
• Mentor junior engineers and support APQP/PPAP activities.

Skills

GD&T

FEA

CAD software

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter

CAD software exposure

Job description

Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving two primary markets – passenger vehicle and commercial truck equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.

Job Purpose

The Product Engineer is responsible for providing axle product leadership to the global engineering team. The main responsibilities of this position are to lead research and design activities on new products, quality issues, VAVE, and existing product enhancement opportunities. Primary duties include the following:

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Interpret customer technical specifications and use them to correctly design axle components, specifically carriers, to meet Dana design practices, customer packaging interfaces, and Dana/customer performance requirements.
• Work closely with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, and estimating team to ensure product designs are both cost effective and manufacturable while meeting all requirements.
• Provide technical support to customers, sales, purchasing, manufacturing plants, assembly plants, and other engineering departments during sourcing, vehicle development, launch, and production.
• Make key decisions on proposals, priorities, and requirements following Dana’s Design Review process.
• Author and/or review DFMEAs, DVP&Rs, engineering work orders, materials, prototype samples, and test lab service requests, and then evaluate prototype samples and test lab set-ups and results.
• Author and/or review technical reports, presentations, and axle product drawings.
• Evaluate the merits of change and deviation requests applying acceptable engineering practices and coordinate the implementation of such changes once approved by the customer.
• Support Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) activities and supplier PPAP submissions.
• Mentor and train less experienced axle engineers and technicians.
• Review monthly customer vehicle warranty data and manage necessary actions for improvement.
• Perform benchmarking and competitive axle analyses. Develop and implement VAVE cost savings projects.

Education And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in mechanical engineering or related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in drivetrain engineering in the automotive, commercial vehicle, and/or off-highway industries.
• Casting, forging, forming, fabricating, stamping, and/or machining experience is preferred.
• Bearing, fastener, seal, and/or shaft experience is also preferred.
• Proficiency in technical drawings, GD&T, authoring FEA requests, and interpreting FEA results. Experience using any CAD software and/or Siemens Teamcenter is preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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