Sr Engineer - Interiors, Instrument Panel

Detroit, MI (Onsite)

Contract

Qualifications:

8+ years of demonstrated experience as a detail-oriented Interior Components and Systems development lead for Instrument Panels

Knowledge and understanding of automotive Interior Components and Systems industry benchmark, trends and supplier competencies

Experience creating/improving/establishing technical product specifications and timelines to achieve an accelerated development cycle towards SOP

Vehicle and product launch experience

Experience creating complex CAD models in CATIA V6 quickly and efficiently while holding CAD part, tree, links & publications to an excellent standard

Proven experience in interior process, such as wrapping, injection molding, painting, compression molding and other state of the art manufacturing processes

Proven experience in common structural part manufacturing processes such as stamping, extrusion and casting

Proven experience in geometrical dimensioning and tolerance in detail through applying tolerance targets into component locators, attachment methods and overall gap and flushness requirements

Strong in engineering fundamentals to create solutions that are not yet state of the art

Experienced in modal analysis, finite element method analysis and computer fluid dynamics

Advantageous:

Ability to lead a cross-functional team of different cultures and nationalities

Fluent German and English, a third language is preferred

Work ethic that results in overall best solutions even when required in continuous changing and high-pressure situations

One full program cycle experience from concept to production launch in automotive Interior Components and Systems

Education Requirements:

Master of Science, Diplom-Ingenieur or other Engineering Degree