Product Engineer

GRAMMER AG; Plymouth, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage on 1^

401(k) match

EAP services

Job summary

Grammer seeks an experienced automotive interior design engineer to join our Plymouth, US, team. You will collaborate with OEM engineering, program management, design studio, and manufacturing to define interior solutions for center consoles and other interior plastic parts.

You will lead initiatives to manage cost, weight, timing, and investments while supporting change management and open issue tracking. Strong communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of automotive interior design engineering experience, center console development preferred.
• Knowledge of Class A part quality requirements (grain, color, gloss, harmony, gap and flushness).
• Experience with plastic part design, decorative parts, plastic welding and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Interface with OEM Engineering, Program Management, Design Studio, and Manufacturing to define interior solutions.
• Manage cost, weight, timing, and investment of components to meet targets.
• Lead DFMEA / DFA / DFM teams and documents; support PFMEA / Control Plan / Process Flow as team member.
• Direct contact with product development engineering teams at customer and participate in design reviews.
• Travel to Grammer plants and OEM plants as required.

Skills

BS in Eng

Auto interior design

Part design knowledge

Communication skills

Plastic parts knowledge

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA V5

FEA

Mold Flow

Job description

We're looking for Visionaries, enablers and innovation drivers.

Breaking new ground. Realizing innovative ideas. Helping to shape the future of mobility. At GRAMMER, you can make a big difference - for yourself as well. As a global partner to the automotive industry, we are successful worldwide with our two divisions Automotive and Commercial Vehicles. Every day, we develop and produce systems for passenger car interiors as well as driver and passenger seats for offroad commercial vehicles, trucks, buses and trains. We shape the way people are mobile today and in the future. Bring your unique talents to the diverse GRAMMER community. More than 14,000 employees in 20 countries want to change the world together with you.

Location: Plymouth US

What are your main tasks?

• Primary engineering interface for Grammer OEM..
• Abilityto handle multiple tasks, and adapt well to constant change.
• Interface with OEM Engineering,Program Management, Design Studio and Manufacturing to define andimplement interior solutions for center consoles and other interiorplastic parts.
• Work with Program Management tomanage the cost, weight, timing and investment of the components to meettargets.
• Work with internal tooling andmanufacturing groups to establish feasibility and optimize designs forcost, weight, and investment.
• Support sales in new acquisition andgrowth opportunities.
• Negotiate Grammer best practiceswith customer wants in design and manufacturing.
• Create and update engineering openissues list (weekly at a minimum, more frequently depending on projectneeds).
• Create technical specification andrequirements for the products (in compliment with customer specifications,FMVSS/ECE).
• Material selection for components.
• Evaluation of customerspecifications.
• Prepare product presentations forthe customers.
• Lead DFMEA / DFA / DFM teams and documents.
• Support PFMEA / Control Plan /Process Flow – as team member.
• Responsible for GD&T - designand study.
• Responsible for change managementand release design reviews.
• Direct contact with productdevelopment engineering teams at customer.
• Participate in customer step,design, and technical reviews as required.
• Support builds in supplier andvehicle assembly plants as required.
• Evaluation of the test results.
• Follow direction ofsupervisor/manager.
• Support other product lines asrequired.
• Travel: Some travel required toGrammer plants (Mexico and US), Grammer global headquarters (Germany) and OEM plants.

What are your qualifications?

Requiredqualifications

• Bachelorof Science in Engineering or equivalent work experience
• Minimum5 years of automotive interior design engineering experience, centerconsole development is ideal
• Workingknowledge of Class A part quality requirements (grain, color, gloss,harmony, gap and flushness, perceived quality)
• Workingknowledge of plastic part design, wrapped and decorative parts, plasticwelding, and assembly processes and tooling construction.
• Abilityto effectively communicate orally and in writing at all levels of theorganization

Preferred Qualifications

• Workingknowledge of NX and CATIA V5
• Workingknowledge of analytical tools (FEA and Mold Flow)
• Experiencein an assembly-manufacturing environment
• Previouswork with OEM studios
• SomeGerman and/or Spanish is a plus

And most importantly, what can you expect from us?

The well-being of our employees is our top priority. That's why we offer you:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage on day 1
• Generous 401(k) match
• Robust EAP services

Grammer is rated as top employer 2023, 2024 and 2025