Senior Designer- Lighting

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee the development of concepts through production, ensuring robust and cost-effective design solutions.
• Serve as the main design point of contact throughout the Product Development Cycle, collaborating closely with Product Engineers to meet customer requirements.
• Focusing on Proof of Concept planning to mitigate design risks.
• Develop concepts through to production, to ensure robust, cost sensitive design solutions.
• Provide the main design resource or point of contact for a Product during the Product Development Cycle through to Production Manufacturing.
• Work closely with the Product Engineer to develop and implement solid design concepts to meet the requirements defined in customer contract.
• Focus on the Proof of Concept planning with the Product Engineer, to understand and limit the risk of design solutions with respect to part performance and manufacturability.
• Perform complex vehicle level packaging studies, balancing physical space limitations, legal functional requirements, and manufacturing limitations.
• Ensure the CAD deliverables are progressing along the expected timeline, and propose action plans should problems arise.
• Create and define robust, computer aided design files, consistent with Autosystems Standards, capable of enduring multiple design revisions quickly and efficiently.
• Maintain and revise our design responsible, computer aided design files within our Customer’s data management system.
• Support data translation at the request of our Supply base to facilitate tool builds and concurrent design activity in CAD packages, other than that used by Autosystems.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Control as a main point of contact for design and geometric related issues.
• Determine and communicate dimensional measurement plans to ensure molded parts meet design intent.
• Work with Purchasing to help source new purchased components and collect the related engineering documentation.
• Provide CAD models/drawings and proof of concept activity to facilitate VA/VE initiatives.
• Peer mentor the designers assigned to their respective programs, helping them to develop their skills sets and experience.
• Create and maintain design standard parts library best practices gained from current experience.
• Maintain and update design checklist.
• Reference corporate RASIC charts for specific details on program responsibilities and authorities.
• Understand and follow existing policies, procedures, work instructions and standards and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Follow all applicable Health and Safety processes and policies.
• Follow Magna’s Code of Conduct & Ethics and related compliance policies.
• Perform other duties as required.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop concepts through to production, to ensure robust, cost sensitive design solutions.
• Provide the main design resource or point of contact for a Product during the Product Development Cycle through to Production Manufacturing.
• Work closely with the Product Engineer to develop and implement solid design concepts to meet the requirements defined in customer contract.
• Focus on the Proof of Concept planning with the Product Engineer, to understand and limit the risk of design solutions with respect to part performance and manufacturability.
• Perform complex vehicle level packaging studies, balancing physical space limitations, legal functional requirements, and manufacturing limitations.
• Ensure the CAD deliverables are progressing along the expected timeline, and propose action plans should problems arise.
• Create and define robust, computer aided design files, consistent with Autosystems Standards, capable of enduring multiple design revisions quickly and efficiently.
• Maintain and revise our design responsible, computer aided design files within our Customer’s data management system.
• Support data translation at the request of our Supply base to facilitate tool builds and concurrent design activity in CAD packages, other than that used by Autosystems.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering and Quality Control as a main point of contact for design and geometric related issues.
• Determine and communicate dimensional measurement plans to ensure molded parts meet design intent.
• Work with Purchasing to help source new purchased components and collect the related engineering documentation.
• Provide CAD models/drawings and proof of concept activity to facilitate VA/VE initiatives.
• Peer mentor the designers assigned to their respective programs, helping them to develop their skills sets and experience.
• Create and maintain design standard parts library best practices gained from current experience.
• Maintain and update design checklist.
• Reference corporate RASIC charts for specific details on program responsibilities and authorities.
• Understand and follow existing policies, procedures, work instructions and standards and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Follow all applicable Health and Safety processes and policies.
• Follow Magna’s Code of Conduct & Ethics and related compliance policies.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education / Experience

• Two or three years post-secondary school (university or Community college) (Engineering Field)
• Associates in CAD

Special Knowledge / Skills

• Solid control of Parametric Free Form Surface and Solid modeling in 1-2 CAD packages such as Unigraphics/NX, IDEAS or Catia
• Understands and applies standard plastics geometries to ensure manufacturing controls (ie: Draft, Wall stock, Rads and Fillets) are incorporated
• Manage data transfers as required by our customer, utilizing the systems prescribed as trained/ presented
• Effective communication (written and verbal) with the customer, suppliers, and various departments within Autosystems
• Aptitude for working with numbers with a high degree of accuracy
• Reasoning Ability: Effective trouble shooting for a variety of different situations/issues effectively
• Awareness, Unity, Empowerment