The Advanced Platform Design & Integration Engineer is responsible for designing and developing new vehicles which meet program targets based on customer input , competitive targets and future regulatory requirements .  This group is responsible for the vehicle architecture, platform integration , and initial system and component engineering design s .  In addition, the team resolves packaging and adaptation issues as the vehicles move toward production.  The engineer's responsibilities include, but are not limited to, translating strategic and functional objectives into technical requirements, creating and analyzing alternative design concepts, packaging and integrating systems and components, and benchmarking of competitive vehicles.  The candidate will achieve these tasks by leading an extended cross functional team to balance all requirements to achieve the most optimal solution.  Presentation of design concepts to higher levels of management will be required .

In addition to the above, the engineer will be focused on chassis system development , includ ing initial suspension and steering concept de velopment, hardpoints, kinematics and travels, tire packaging, halfshaft development, component design and analysis (CAE), vehicle packaging (NX), and model integrity (Teamcenter) .