Application Engineer - Restraints

Duties

• design, develop, validate, and release restraints system commodities, subsystems, and components for assigned programs (commodities include seatbelts, airbags, steering wheels, buckles, and height adjusters)
• monitor the development of interior trim and other interfacing components for vehicles according to company-specific benchmarks
• design parts to comply with corporate, regulatory and local requirements for parts validation, considering worldwide customers' requirements, engineering specifications, systems design specifications, and manufacturing and assembly requirements
• translate customer, regulatory, and product requirements into engineering targets
• monitor suppliers and analyze customer feedback through client's systems
• incorporate new designs and engineering changes at assembly plants and lead discussions with involved parties, including suppliers
• support suppliers and assembly departments with production quality and manufacturing issues
• support production part approval processes (PPAP) for mass production

Requirements

• Master's degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in mechanical engineering, or related field, and one year of experience in a product engineering or related position
• Must have one year of experience in all the following: restraints system development and validation testing; FMVSS; NCAP; DFMEA; AutoCAD; system-level sled testing
• In lieu of master's degree and one year of experience, will accept a bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in mechanical engineering, or related field, and three years of experience in a product engineering or related position that includes the skills listed above