Closures Design and Development Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage suppliers through all development stages, ensuring parts are released and ready for production tooling.
• Maintain project timing, drive milestone compliance, and keep management informed of progress and roadblocks.
• Ensure all tooled parts are validated per PPAP requirements and coordinate both supplier and internal vehicle/sub-system validation testing.
• Perform design, CAD, and drawing reviews. Run analytical verifications including simulations, calculations, and stack-ups.
• Work with internal technical groups (including latching and closures) to ensure all interface requirements are met.
• Integrate lessons learned into FMEAs, prepare technical presentations, and manage supplier design data within internal systems (WERS, Teamcenter).

Requirements

• 10+ years of mechanisms development experience (ideally related to latching, handles, or exterior mechanisms).
• Strong understanding of engineering plastics, steels, and manufacturing processes (molding, stampings, castings).
• Experience with CATIA V5/V6, Teamcenter/Enovia, and Microsoft Office tools.
• Expertise with DFMEA, DVP&R, GD&T, and problem-solving tools (5D/8D, 6-sigma).

Technical Knowledge

• Experience with water management, sealing design, greases, and painted plastics.
• Understanding of electronics such as microswitches and small harnesses.
• Familiarity with tolerance analytical tools (C-Tol, 3DCS, Enventive) or CAE tools (ADAMS, FEA, Hypermesh).

Experience

Experience with water management, sealing design, greases, and painted plastics is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electronics such as microswitches and small harnesses.
• Familiarity with tolerance analytical tools (C-Tol, 3DCS, Enventive) or CAE tools (ADAMS, FEA, Hypermesh).

SEGULA Technologies

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group, boosting the competitiveness of all major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, life sciences, and telecoms. With a presence in more than 30 countries and 140 locations worldwide, the Group prioritizes close relationships with its clients, driven by the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering player putting innovation at the heart of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies manages large-scale projects, ranging from initial studies to industrialization and production. SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to gender balance and diversity, recognizing and recruiting talent of all backgrounds.