The Sustaining Engineer supports improving safety in manufacturing of current products, support existing products for ease of manufacture, implement quality improvements and execute customer requested design revisions.
· Develop and administer Engineering Changes associated with complex welded steel structures, sheet metal components, non-metallic components (interior and exterior), HVAC systems, mechanical components and systems, electronics/wire harnesses and other areas.
- Support development and implementation of design changes for existing products.
- Translate end-customer functional requirements into product specifications.
- Support the development and maintenance for configuration of products.
· Translate of internal and external customer requests and requirements into engineering change request.
· Create and modification of 3D model geometries.
· Complete component evaluation and selection.
· Complete model checks for interference, parameters and external references.
· Maintain accurate Bills of Materials for design changes.
· Work in collaboration and support with Cost Estimating, Purchasing, Planning, Sales, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality Engineering.
- Conduct design review activities ensuring that robust technical development processes and methodologies are implemented on products post-launch.
- Develop design solutions and manufacturing solutions based on an understanding of internal and external manufacturing processes and capabilities.
- Conduct product design revision implementation and incorporate facility feedback of design revision execution to optimize cost and quality.
- Collaborate with Global Engineering team to solve product performance challenges
- Provide concise and effective technical guidance and communication to internal and external customers.
- Serve as a customer-facing liaison to resolve current production design-based issues, accurately define and deliver on customer requested production improvements and changes.
- Collaborate with Company stakeholders to develop/improve process/system performance challenges.
- Maintenance and or Continuous improvement of key Engineering Change Processes and Systems design updates through feedback, data access and metrics.
- Project Management and execution of process and systems design of cross-functional systems and processes.
- Project management of complex model year change programs and/or projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5-10+years steel structure, sheet metal part design, welded component assembly experience.
- 3D modeling experience (Creo preferred).
- Design for Manufacturability: 5-10 years of experience in complex product environments.
- Strong understanding of Geometrical Dimensioning & Tolerancing requirements.
