Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

5 days ago


Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States Hitachi Full time
Job Summary

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will join a dynamic team of professionals at Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc. to design and develop mechanical enclosures for automotive controllers. This role requires a strong background in mechanical design, thermal management, and electronics packaging.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design mechanical packaging for automotive controllers
  • Create and maintain quality documentation, including DFMEA, DVP&R, and DRBFM
  • Design mechanical enclosures using high-pressure die cast, stamped, and injection molded components
  • Utilize CAD tools, such as SolidWorks, for 3D modeling and 2D drawing creation
  • Perform and support mechanical, vibration, and thermal FEA, CFD, and solder fatigue analysis
  • Achieve DFM approval from vendors and internal PE groups
  • Work under pressure to deliver products that meet customer requirements
  • Generate technical reports as needed
  • Represent Hitachi in internal and customer support meetings
  • Conduct weekly management status and escalation reporting
  • Ensure conformance to internal and customer design specifications
  • Support local DV and PV testing development
  • Maintain mechanical BOM and create/deliver/manage internal/customer drawings
  • Execute project deliverables according to internal and customer milestones
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering and design
  • Strong background in mechanical design, thermal management, and electronics packaging
  • Experience in designing high-pressure die cast, stamped, or injection molded components
  • Sound mastery of the engineering problem-solving methodology
  • Experience in managing tiered supply base and customer-facing support roles
  • Mastery of GD&T and stack-ups (arithmetic and statistical)
  • FEA and CFD analysis experience, especially using ANSYS Suite and Star-CCM+
  • Experience with solder fatigue analysis (ANSYS Sherlock, etc.)
  • Experience working in multi-cultural environments
Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics or equivalent

Working Conditions

Hybrid working environment

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities



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