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Vehma International of America, Inc. Senior Product Engineer in Troy, Michigan

Senior Product Engineer wanted in Troy, Michigan to design components and systems that meet customer performance, cost, mass, quality, and timeliness objectives to maximize customer value and vehicle function, including improved economy, operating safety, and operational performance. Provide ongoing support to both internal and external customers by completing progress reports and preparing presentations to discuss anticipated timing, scope of work, technological findings, and design changes. Report lessons learned during project execution and apply them to future projects. Drive continuous improvement and support optimization of processes and sub-processes. Participate in VA/VE activity. Ensure projects are being led according to milestones, including, but not limited to, communication and representation, project timing, efficient use of available resources, and escalation of technical project status as necessary. Research and analyze customer design proposals, specifications, and manuals along with division manufacturing process and product quality requirements to determine feasibility of design or application. Use benchmark competitor structural components to guide design strategies, discuss and negotiate technical performance items with divisions and external customers, and conduct product benchmarking and research studies to analyze data and develop new designs or concepts for automotive components and systems. Optimize automotive component design by directing testing activities for components and equipment under designated conditions to ensure operational performance meets project specifications with proven reliability. Coordinate fabrication and installation activities to ensure products and systems conform to engineering design and customer specifications. Provide design direction to the CAD Designers and assist them in altering or modifying the design to obtain specified functional and operational performance. Communicate design concepts with the CAE Engineers and evaluate structural analysis results. Evaluate and approve design changes, specifications, and release of drawings. Maintain all customer documents within the PLM systems. Conduct Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacturing (DFM), perform failure mode effect analysis (DFMEA), and apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) on components and systems. Define improvement proposals that consider cost and mass reduction while continuing to meet customer needs. Understand and actively perform the engineering change management process, including technical and commercial alignment with internal and external customers. Support launch activities when the project transitions from design to the production phase. Perform additional duties as assigned.  

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