Engineering & IT - Design Engineer 3

Request Summary:
• Bill Rate Max: XX89.35/hour
• Candidate Location Requirements: Southfield, Michigan
• If hybrid, # of days contractor will be required to work onsite: 100% onsite
• Daily Schedule & OT estimate: M-F 40 hrs/week, No OT
• Expenses: N/A
• Chance for Extension (Y/N): 12 month contract with possibility to extend.
• Equipment or Software Required: Engineering PC

Typical Day in the Role
• Purpose of the Team: Brakes and Steering team, designs and delivers braking systems and steering system for Lucid programs. This is a small knit team and looking for a support engineer who will be supporting different components for the brake system.
• Key projects: N/A
• Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: N/A

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition
• Unique Selling Points:
- Candidates will be able to learn about safety critical product development and the ability to have ownership of your work and lead design efforts.

Candidate Requirements
• Years of Experience Required: 5+overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required: BS/BEng, or equivalent experience, in Mechanical Engineering
• Disqualifiers: Candidate not based in Michigan.
• Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain all
• Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on meeting deadlines and quality of work.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience
1. Minimum 5 years experience with Knowledge of Chassis and Braking System
2. Minimum 5 years Strong understanding of safety critical automotive mechatronics and hydraulic systems
3. Minimum 5 years experience and proficiency with CATIA V5/V6 and 3DX

Hard Skills Assessments
• Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP
• Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 1 panel style round.
• Required Candidate Preparation: N/A

Design and Release Engineer - Brakes
As a Design and Release Support Engineer, you will be Supporting components such as Brake Calipers, Rotors, Brake lines, Brake hoses, Electrical harness to develop and build world leading electric vehicles. You will engage with other interfacing system engineers and cross functional teams to deliver the designs from initial concept to production.
Responsibilities
• Support Design tasks for Electro-Hydraulic Brake system components from initial concept to production
• Help with documentations of requirements for components based on desired vehicle functions and attributes
• Lead technical development activities with supplier, drive design solutions with challenging time, cost, technical requirements constraints.
• Support System and component DFMEAs and DVPs and contribute to system failure mode analyses
• Perform detailed assessments of bolted connections to ensure compliance with structural and safety standards.
• Perform structural analysis for safety critical components.
• Resolve virtual build issues through benchmarking and support manufacturing teams with poke-yoke (error-proofing) solutions.
• Utilize CAD and stack ups to verify spatial constraints, clearances, and packaging feasibility.
• Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing principles to validate part fit, form, and function.
• Create, track, and drive closure of Engineering Change Requests to support design updates and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to cost saving and continuous improvement roadmaps for current and future vehicles
Qualifications
• Experience with Design and Release of Safety critical components from concept to production
• Excellent 3D CAD skills
• Project and supplier management skills
• Design release engineering experience, including engineering change management and project management experience
• 5+ years of automotive industry experience
• Experience and proficiency with CATIA V5/V6 and 3DX
• Knowledge of Chassis and Braking System
• Strong understanding of safety critical automotive mechatronics and hydraulic systems
• Experience with Requirements Management and Verification planning
Education
• BS/BEng, or equivalent experience, in Mechanical Engineering