Design and Release Engineer

Responsibilities:

- Design, specify, test, validate and publish parts for assigned vehicle families; analyze and resolve failures produced by parts; propose, validate and obtain cost reductions inherent to these components.
- Perform changes or modifications to component parts of assigned vehicle families (Change Notices - CNs).
- Request and authorize required tests to systems, parts and components of assigned vehicle families to validate that they comply with design requirements (Design Verification Plan & Report).
- Elaborate and evaluate assembly and operation tests of parts in the assembly plants before their incorporation to vehicle production (Production Evaluation Request).
- Determine and issue temporary or final approvals to part validations of assigned vehicle families.
- Analyze and resolve malfunctions and durability failures of parts in units of assigned vehicle families.
- Develop parts with suppliers according to the "Source Package" process.

- Support to assembly and manufacturing plants in the use and application of specifications and designs to the latest engineering change.
- Application and use of design software and hardware for models as required by commodity or assigned components. Attend training and development plan in order to have the skills and knowledge required to meet objectives.
- Standardize components and benchmark (performance, weight, cost efficiency).
- Develop FMEAs
- Approve or reject requests for temporary or definitive deviations to the product.
- Request manufacture of prototypes and batches of parts to solve warranty problems.
- Propose and/or elaborate cost reductions (TCR/VO).
- Perform product change notifications (CN's).- Verify product manufacturing process prior to parts production.
- Requesting and obtaining concurrences to: Validations, temporary and final deviations of the designed product.
- Obtaining product change information, obtaining product change implementation dates, technical service bulletins and/or campaigns, obtaining product engineering standards, parts lists and engineering charts.
- Coordinate DFMEAs and PFMEAs with suppliers.
- Support piloting phases in assembly plants.
- Responsible for designing parts in NX (3D & 2D).

Requirements:
-Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, mechatronics, electrical, electro-mechanical, metallurgical, aerospace or related).
-3-5 years of experience in the design of brakes or suspensions components.
-Advanced conversational English
-CAD Software proficiency (Nx, CATIA, Creo)

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