Job description

TITLE Senior System Engineer – System Development
COMPANY JTEKT North America DEPARTMENT JANA System Development
LOCATION Plymouth, MI CLASSIFICATION Salaried Exempt
REPORTS TO Manager – Sys Dev GRADE 106

Summary/Purpose
This engineering position will support the new product development and implementation of electro-mechanical systems.

Essential Duties and Accountabilities:
Strategy and Growth

• Actively monitor and provide insight into technology, industrial, and regulatory trends affecting product roadmaps.
• Perform and support appropriate studies to execute business strategies and future project viability.
• Collaborate with educational institutions, professional organizations, and partners to expand JTEKT’s corporate influence.
• Take a lead role in responding to new business inquiries by generating competitive technical and business cases.

Product Design

• Create, review, and release internal and external product specifications, schedules, and related materials to ensure the creation of designs which exceed customer expectations.
• Oversee the development of CAD data, associated technical drawings, bill of materials, and generate documentation such as DVP&Rs, DFMEAs, and DRBFMs.
• Support prototype operations during component acquisition, sample build, and initial evaluations to guarantee design operates as expected and to help countermeasure any discrepancies.
• Analyze product data, specifications, evaluations, and validation results as required to provide guidance for success.
• Ensure all engineering activities follow the agreed upon timeline.

Support & Management

• Take lead role in managing special projects
• Participate in technical activities associated with part design and development; aid in systematic problem solving; communicate and/or collaborate with JTEKT Japan, JTEKT Europe, Suppliers, and/or Customers as necessary.
• Strive to continuously improve the execution of the aforementioned responsibilities as a broader commitment to personal and team development and growth.
• Routine interaction with automotive manufacturers, customers, and suppliers; including international and service entities.
• Helps lead JTEKT’s internal AQG Process (Advanced Quality Gate).
• Ensure thorough communications to all team members, associated departments, and management regularly.
• Take a lead role in benchmarking activities, product improvement initiatives (i.e. VE/VA), and budget management.
• Provide product technical support to JTEKT cross functional teams (Quality, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales, etc.).

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.
• Will direct and monitor cross functional team members to ensure project success.
• Will provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior team members.
• May require mentoring or oversite of Interns and/or Cooperative Students.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment utilizing effective interpersonal skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills where problems are unusual or difficult and excellent mathematical skills or ability to develop in-house analysis tools may be required.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• High degree of initiative, with ability to make decisions.
• Ability to prioritize and deal with multiple assignments.
• Well versed in current engineering techniques and software and able to provide proposals to keep JTEKT abreast of latest technologies.
• Positive attitude and trainable / desire to learn.
• Knowledge of personal computers / Workstations and related software, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of multiple manufacturing and inspection processes (precision machining, automated assembly, die casting, forging, sintered metal, injection molding, etc).
• Mechatronic knowledge and knowledge of sensor selection, motor design, and electrical hardware integration.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree, or higher, in mechanical, mechatronic, or electrical engineering or similar preferred.
• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in new product design and development, preferably involving any of the automotive/chassis/steering/mechatronic disciplines.
• Demonstrated project management abilities and successes.
• Mechanical/Mechatronic System engineering knowledge and experience is desirable.
• Applied knowledge of Electric Power Steering, Driveline, or similar Mechatronic systems preferred.
• Experience with Steer-by-Wire, ADAS technologies, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HILs), Plant Model, and Fault Injection is very beneficial.
• Knowledge of gear design, power transfer, and electrical motors is desired.
• Experience and familiarization of high volume manufacturing is helpful.
• Related experience should include General Dimensioning & Tolerancing, Tolerance Stack up, Computer Aided Design (CATIA®/Unigraphics®), Finite Element Analysis/Modeling, Failure Mode & Effect Analysis, and/or product validation testing.
• Previous experience working with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams preferred.

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work is mostly performed in an office setting with minimal exposure to health or safety hazards and with substantial time spent working on computers. Requires sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate computer keyboard and other office equipment.
• The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to manufacturing areas which require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection, and other PPE.
• Travel by automobile and plane required approximately 5-10%. Both national and international travel.
• Late evening or early morning meetings are required to communicate to other global tech centers.

Employee may perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

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