Seat engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group seeks an experienced mechanical engineer to lead seating system design and development. You will drive alignment with offshore teams, manage design releases, and ensure on-time delivery of seating components such as cushion frames, back frames, headrests, and related assemblies.

Qualifications include a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and at least 3 years of automotive seating experience, with CATIA V5/V6 proficiency and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of experience in automotive seating system and subsystem design and development.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and capability to drive offshore team.
• Meet project deliverables commitments and timelines.
• Regulatory and certification requirements for seating system.
• Complete and release Seating system, sub-system and detail designs.
• Propose and promote design improvement approaches including cost reduction and design optimization.
• Actively engage with Automotive OEM / Tier-I design engineers to collaborate on design projects for trading off cost, mass, joining methods, molding and testing performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design FMEA studies and GD&T.
• Prepare and maintain engineering release and change documentation.
• Coordinate seating design activities across suppliers and internal teams.
• Inspect and interpret CAE results to inform product design.

Skills

Communication skills

CATIA proficiency

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA V5/V6

Job description

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of experience in automotive seating system and subsystem design and development
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and capability to drive offshore team
• Design of automotive component parts in CATIA V5/V6
• Meet project deliverables commitments and timelines
• Must have ability to perform feasibility studies, Check A-class surface and define craftsman ship target.
• Collaborate with seating suppliers and support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype/production build events
• Interpret CAE simulation results and integrate recommendations into product design
• Complete and release Seating system, sub-system and detail designs
• Propose and promote design improvement approaches including cost reduction and design optimization
• Actively engage with Automotive OEM / Tier-I design engineers to collaborate on design projects for trading off cost, mass, joining methods, molding and testing performance.
• Ability to define seating comfort and define comfort target
• Good knowledge of seating system and component manufacturing processes
• Maintain and develop Design Validation Plans (DVP), and Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA)
• Working knowledge of regulatory and certification requirements for seating system
• Ability to perform Complete Seat packaging study of seating components
• Prepare and maintain engineering release and change documentation Lead design FMEA studies and GD&T
• Knowledge and understanding of Tooling and manufacturing processes
• Relevant experience in Master Sections, Vehicle Integration, Vehicle packaging, Concept creation, assembly processes of various Seat parts.
• Experience in design of Seat and seat components e.g. Cushion Frame, Back frame, Headrest, seat plastic and recliners and track
• Very good proficiency in CATIA V5/V6. Prepare and execute design release in the 3DExperience PLM system. Experience in creating 3D designs and 2D drawings (e.g. CATIA V5 only)
• Thorough knowledge of engineering design & development concepts of automotive Seating system