High Voltage Connector Engineer
3 Days Old
- Lead the development of assigned components or systems, ensuring compliance with Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Performance (QCDP) objectives.
- Collect, analyze, and report HV connector performance requirements from customers to supply base to ensure the robust design, development, and validation of HV connector systems.
- Prepare supplier consultation packages (Sourcing Packages).
- Analyze supplier feedback and draft Technical Supplier Assessment (TSA).
- Manage deliverables related to each project milestones.
- Oversee component development to meet QCDP targets.
- Co-develop with suppliers, including quality tracking (e.g., APQP).
- Ensure technical feasibility, manufacturability, and design robustness.
- Conduct DFMEA and support PFMEA execution.
- Manage prototype deliveries at each project milestone.
- Lead supplier interactions (technical reviews, purchasing meetings).
- Ensure proper integration of components into their environment (engine/vehicle/platform).
- Manage technical changes and related documentation.
- Support assembly plants from pilot phase to launch.
- Drive product and process validation plans (DV, PV).
- Manage technical configuration and deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
- Contribute to cost reduction and quality improvement initiatives.
- Actively participate in crisis management.
- Contribute to the drafting of technical policies.
Scope of Responsibility:
- Full responsibility for a family of complex components.
- Draft specifications, ensure supplier compliance, manage design interfaces.
- Lead design, validation, industrialization, and launch phases.
- Functionally manage internal or external Engineering Designers.
Basic Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related degree field.
- Strong knowledge of automotive engineering, mechanics, electronics, and functional safety.
- Proficiency in project management tools.
- Professional English (minimum B2 level) - able to lead meetings with international teams.
Preferred Requirements:
- Working experience with DVP&R's.
- 3 years of Engineering experience.
- Automotive development experience with full life product lifecycle.
- Automotive connector experience.
- High voltage connector system design, validation, or issue resolution experience.
- Location:
- Auburn Hills