Mechanical Design Architect - Auburn Hills MI

POSITION SUMMARY

The Mechanical Design Architect (MDA) – Transfer Case Homeroom will design and develop advanced and future products for Drivetrain and Morse Systems (DMS). You will interface with Sales, Product Strategy, Business Development, and Application Engineering to determine product needs and customer desires. Collaborating with the design department, potential suppliers, and internal customers, you will create innovative and cost-effective solutions to bring products to realization. Once the product concept is established, you will work alongside the design group to fully define the product and manage prototype procurement to develop working prototypes. You will ensure that the product meets minimum durability requirements in collaboration with the development group and assist the electronic controls/software group in developing products for customer demonstrations. Supporting applications engineering, you will participate in demonstrating products to potential customers and help develop production cost estimates in conjunction with the Advanced Supply Chain team. Your goal will be to advance the product to a point where it is implementation-ready and can be seamlessly integrated into existing product engineering to support production programs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Liaise between business development, engineering, and production plants.

Participate in design reviews, plant introductions, and customer demonstrations.

Effectively communicate new ideas and concepts to engineering management and corporate staff as required.

Collaborate with suppliers (internal and external), design, development, and software groups to realize unique product solutions.

Maintain an open communicative style, readily accepting input from diverse sources while filtering information appropriately.

Represent the business unit in corporate innovation initiatives.

Conduct internal design reviews to gather support and benefit from lessons learned within the larger engineering organization.

Maintain an open issues log for all new products and keep detailed records of product performance and deficiencies.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

minimum education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

preferred education: Master of Science in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

experience: minimum of 10 years in the design and development of automotive driveline products preferably with a track record of launching new products into production

specific skills preferred: Experience with AutoCAD/Inventor or other 3d design software

specific industry knowledge preferred: Hydraulic, Electronic, Electro-magnetic actuators and their application

KEY COMPETENCIES

Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Functional/Technical Skills - Has the functional knowledge and skill to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; Probes all fruitful sources for answers; Can see hidden problems; Is excellent at honest analysis; Looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.

Learning on the Fly - Learns quickly when facing new problems; A relentless and versatile learner; Open to change; Analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; Experiments and will try anything to find solutions; Enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; Quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Creativity - Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; Easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; Tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.

Priority Setting - Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; Quickly zeroes in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; Can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; Eliminates roadblocks; Creates focus.

Decision Quality - Makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

Conflict Management - Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.

Informing - Provides the information people need to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization; Provide individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; Is timely with information.

Interpersonal Savvy - Relates well to all kinds of people-up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

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