Product Engineer Body

Optimal; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimal is seeking a Rear Closures Core Engineering & Subject Matter Expert to develop and release technical requirements and strategy for rear closures. The role involves collaborating with customers to set performance-driven requirements and applying CATIA/3DX for design and analysis.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years in closures systems (door/hood/liftgate/tailgate), experience with sheet metal structures, hinges, latches, and system integration, and a Bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing Closures Systems (Door/Hood/Liftgate/Tailgate) and writing technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop and release technical requirements and strategy for rear closures.
• Collaborate with internal and external customers to set engineering requirements.
• Develop core documentation (DVP&R, technical requirements, FMA, technical strategies).
• Work on closure systems including liftgates, tailgates, cargo doors, and related mechanisms.
• Apply CAD (CATIA/3DX) to create parts, sections, and studies; perform basic 3D modeling.

Skills

DFMEA/DVP drafting

Product engineering

3D modeling

Catia V5/3DX

FBD/Mechanisms

Sheet metal structures

Exterior automotive components

System engineering disciplines

DFMEA/Control Plan

CATIA/3DX/Teamcenter

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Catia/V5

3DX

Teamcenter Engineering

Job description

Position Description:

Rear Closures Core Engineering & Subject Matter Expert. Looking for an energetic self-starter to develop and release technical requirements and strategy for moving rear closures. Ideal candidate would have experience working with internal & external customers to set engineering related requirements to achieve customer expectations of performance. Preferably experience with cargo doors or other rear of vehicle swinging/hinged closures. Development of core documentation like DVP&R, technical requirements, FMA, and technical strategies. WILL BE WORKING ON: All aspects of rear closures (liftgates, tailgates, Cargo Doors, swing gate, etc). This will include sheet metal structures, hinges, latches, mechanisms, and system integration.

Skills Required:

• Drafting DFMEA, DVP related documents from scratch.
• Product Engineering
• Experience with developing a product from start to finish including early development through to launch of that product.
• 3D Modeling ,Ability to open, view, measure, and cut basic sections in both Vis and Catia V5. Ability to complete basic modeling of 3D shapes within Catia. Benchmarking Experience with collecting competitive benchmarking information like mass, size, and features to compare with existing designs.
• Ability to draft and/or complete a Free Body Diagram (FBD) of a moving system. Experience with mechanisms and structures.
• Experience with sheet metal body structures, closures, stamping, static and/or dynamic sealing, power/gas struts, power drive units/motors, and hinges
• Direct experience in closures systems (e.g. tailgates, liftgates, swing gates, side doors, cargo doors, moveable roof systems) a plus. Experience solving current model quality issues and implementing corrective actions.
• Ability to utilize and demonstrate System engineering disciplines and Design for Manufacturing principles to
• proactively solve issues. Knowledge of craftsmanship expectations, benchmarking, and futuring.
• Knowledge of automotive exterior components, including materials and manufacturing technologies, such as stamping, injection molding, extrusion, forging, casting, welding, riveting, etc.
• Experience with bolted joint structures
• Experience with Structural mechanics
• Experience with hinge mechanism dynamics
• Experience with Systems engineering
• Working knowledge of FEA, DFMEA, Control Plan development, & Dimensional Variation Analysis
• Ability to operate within CATIA/3DX environment, Teamcenter Engineering, and Digital Buck preferred

CATIA/3DX ability to create simple parts, sections, and studies a plus
Capability with Microsoft Suite of products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
Advanced kinematic synthesis of 4 bar linkages and FBD

Experience Required:

5+ Years of experience developing Closures Systems (Door / Hood / Liftgate/Tailgate) and exposure to writing technical specifications.

Education Required:

Bachelor's Degree

HYBRID (4 days per week in office)