Job Description

Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Product Engineer Electrical / Electronic

Job Summary:

Our client in Dearborn, MI is looking for a Product Engineer Electrical / Electronic. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

• Design under and/or upper body wiring harnesses complying with program cost, weight, quality, performance, and timing targets. 
• Complies with Robustness Engineering Disciplines (Quality history, P-Diagram, FMEA, etc.) ensuring compliance to requirements and specifications.
• Knowledge and application of six sigma and 8D.
• Leads Technical Design Reviews (TDRs).
• Release parts in FEDEBOM and WERS through the product life cycle. Support the Change Control Meeting.
• Audit and update BOM (Bill of Material) with correct part levels and usage, for prototype builds and maintain it.
•  Identify validation, durability and functional test required as per requirements and specifications. (DVP / FEDE DVP dashboard). 
• Issue resolution in Digital and Build Phases of Product Development. 
• Analyze and breakdown Program Direction Letter and Trim Spiders to account for EDS. 
• Generate proposals to minimize giveaway cost and reduce total part count. 
• Generate design optimization proposals utilizing benchmarking. 
• Develop and maintain the build level complexity charts. 
• Perform Harness Complexity Analysis. 
• Perform engineering cost estimates. 
• Define and verify engineering prototypes requirements at part level.
• Parts implementation/Sign-off in manufacturing and assembly plants assisting quality issue resolution in all milestones. 
• Support quality and manufacturing quality forums required. 
• Complies with GPDS deliverables (applicable to EDS) for each milestone.
• Submit invention disclosures, process improvements and best practices. 
• Comply with training as outlined in calendar year objectives. 
• Willingness to travel out of state and into Mexico/Central America.

Basics:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Design Release Engineer Design Release Engineer.
• Experience designing and releasing low voltage wiring harness including launch experience.
• 5-10 year of wiring harness design and vehicle launch.
• Basic 3D CAD Knowledge (3DX preferred, TeamCenter) Our Client's PDS knowledge and understanding Understanding of feature partitioning. 
• Understanding of automotive systems.
• Engineering Degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics desired). 
• Microsoft Office Usage (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio). 
• Time and Project Management Wiring harness manufacturing.
• Onsite position. In the office 4 days a week. 
• Strong English Proficiency (written, read, and oral).

Preferred:

• CAD Design - 3DX experience a plus, with CATIA/TeamCenter or other CAD experience considered.

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.