Address
Form of workJob Description
Primary Role: Lead Value Engineering projects in Auto Covers business unit and support other business units as needed. The role will be focused on design change, material utilization improvement, change validation, alternative material qualification as well as identifying opportunities for cost productivity improvement.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Spearhead Value Engineering projects from idea to commercialization.
- Interpretate and apply ASTM and ICC Specifications to ensure compliance with both internal and external regulations and protocols.
- Work closely with manufacturing engineering, product design, production to improve the material utilization in the manufacturing process.
- Collaborate with product management, benchmark competitors’ products, apply Value Engineering methodology and propose alternative design ideas.
- Actively participate in funnel building activities.
- Develop design concept, create detail design drawings, build prototypes and verify the change in house and with key customers.
- Write test plan and design/build test equipment as needed.
- Conduct FEA on new and existing products, interpretate the results and provide guidance for product design improvement.
- Conduct validate test, in lab, at production floor and installation site.
- Collect and analyze test data, draw conclusions, and write test report.
- Utilize Daily Management tools to track and report project progress.
- Integrate GD&T principles into engineering drawings and maintain accurate records of design change.
- Maintain and update BOM and validation documents.
- Interface with supplier to resolve DFM issue and ensure the supplier quality intact during the change process.
- Collaborate with cross functional team for smooth project execution and implementation.
- Identify and escalate opportunities for improvement of cost productivity to management.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 5+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 2+ years of experience.
- Experience with Value Engineering in product design update for cost reduction.
- Proficient with 2D drawing, 3D modeling (SolidWorks preferred), PDM, GD&T, tolerance stack up, DFMEA etc. design tools.
- Design experience with sheet metal fabrication, plastic molding, casting etc part design and mechanism design.
- FEA modeling and analysis experience, as well as applying hand calculations/handbook methods where appropriate.
- Strong understanding of failure mode and analysis, how to set up analysis and test methods to ensure failure modes are clearly understood and margin to failure is quantified.
- Be comfortable developing test procedure and conducting functional testing, interpretate the results, and correlate with product performance.
- Ability to work with minimum guidance.
- A determined mindset of getting-thing-done.
- A strong hands-on ability.
- A out-of-box mind set and willing to challenge the unknown.
- A strong commitment to accountability, collaboration and execution.
- A desire to establish and foster strong cross functional relationships across the company.
- Be team player, have effective written/oral communication skills, and interpersonal skills.
- Leadership to elevate risks and overcome roadblocks.
- Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced environment and manufacturing setting.
- Strong computer skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel (including spreadsheets/databases).
- Up to 20% overnight travel can be expected.
