Mission
We are seeking a Design Release Engineer to support the design, development, validation, and release of automotive wheel systems. This role covers aluminum wheels, steel wheels, wheel bolts/fasteners, center caps, and decorative wheel-trim components. The engineer will collaborate with Product Design Studio, manufacturing plants, and Tier-1 suppliers to achieve styling, structural durability, quality, and program timing targets.
Key Responsibilities
Styling Realization: Coordinate with the Product Design Studio to translate early styling concepts into manufacturable, production-ready wheel designs.
Component Release: Support the engineering release and lifecycle management of wheels, fasteners, and wheel-trim components in Teamcenter PLM.
Packaging & Fit: Conduct component packaging, vehicle integration, clearance checks, and fit-and-finish reviews.
Supplier Management: Track Tier-1 supplier milestones across design, tooling, testing, quality, unit cost, and delivery.
Validation & Testing: Support wheel testing for radial fatigue, cornering fatigue, impact resistance, corrosion, and environmental durability.
Quality & Root Cause: Participate in root-cause analysis and corrective actions for styling, lab testing, manufacturing, or field warranty issues.
Build & Launch Support: Support prototype vehicle builds, pilot builds, assembly plant trial runs, and production launches.
Compliance: Ensure designs satisfy all internal engineering criteria and international safety/regulatory standards.
Profile
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience: 2-5 years of automotive product engineering, design, validation, or manufacturing experience.
Design Fundamentals: Solid understanding of mechanical design, engineering materials, manufacturing methods, and dimensional tolerancing.
CAD & Technical Documentation: Proficiency in interpreting CAD models, engineering drawings, specifications, and test reports.
Tools Knowledge: Exposure to DFMEA, DVP&R, APQP, PPAP, or structured root-cause analysis processes.
Software: Hands-on project or professional experience with CATIA V5, Siemens NX, or Teamcenter PLM.
Preferred Qualifications
Automotive internship, co-op, or university design team (e.g., Formula SAE) experience.
Exposure to aluminum casting, steel forming, machining, painting, electroplating, or plastic injection molding.
Familiarity with fatigue, impact, corrosion, and dimensional validation testing for chassis/exterior components.