Job Description
Job Number:
338772
Category:
Design
Duration:
12 months
Details:
Job Title: Senior Design Release Engineer
Location: Irvine, CA
Pay: $ 73.33/hr.
Zip Code: 92618
Start Date: ASAP
Keyword”s: #Irvinejobs; #Mechanicalengineeringjobs #wheeldesign #tiredesign #catia #V5
A Senior Design Release Engineer Job in Irvine, CA is currently available through Belcan. In this role you will support design and validation activity for new wheel, tire, service kits & wheel tire assembly program product development for electric vehicles. If you are interested in this role, Apply Today!
Job Description:
Client is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.
As a company, we constantly challenge what”s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.
Position: Chassis Engineer – Design Release Engineer (Wheels and Tires)
Role 1 (Wheel Design Release Engineer) / Role 2 (Tire Design Release Engineer)
Reports to – Senior Manager Chassis – Wheels & Tires
Position Purpose
This position will support design and validation activity for new wheel, tire, service kits & wheel tire assembly program product development for electric vehicles. This position will work in a team environment, capturing requirements & attributes, ensuring these requirements & attributes are achieved, seeking solutions to technical challenges, and utilizing lean principles to enhance the tire offering.
Major Responsibilities
Design and implement tire wheel systems, integrating with chassis component systems from concept to production.
Create and develop engineering specification packages that effectively communicate to internal and external partners to ensure products meet given project parameters.
Project Management of wheel and/or tire development & validation
Complete and release wheel, tire, service kit and/or tire wheel assembly documentation, including 2D drawings.
Manage designed parts in the virtual environment and support virtual build and release activities.
Develop collaborative relationships with wheel and tire suppliers & tire assemblers and manage them to deliver projects on time and to specification.
Tire DRE Role: Supporting initial tire submissions, working alongside the Vehicle Dynamics Team, translating vehicle level requirements into tire component requirements, planning and implementation of measures.
Wheel DRE Role: Supporting initial concept models, working alongside our studio engineering and design team to develop the feasibility of wheel models, into feasible designs that meet cost/mass/manufacturability targets, and beyond into production release and validation.
Effectively balance multiple projects, responsibilities, and tasks simultaneously
Tire DRE role will require ability to discuss, understand and meet tire attributes requirements with internal stakeholders.
Wheel DRE role will require ability to discuss, understand and find agreeable solutions with studio design & CMF stakeholders whilst upholding feasibility, cost, timing, and mass targets.
Role may require design, release & validation of service kit parts such as spare wheel, spare tire, jack, tire mobility kits and stowage systems (working with our packaging team)
Meet program timing & budget constraints whilst achieving vehicle dynamic, crash, aero, NVH and chassis attribute targets.
Define validation procedures to ensure only optimized, integrated and robust designs are released.
Work in a team environment towards bringing new product and technologies and techniques to the process.
Travel as necessary to support tire testing, supplier visits & production engineering support.
Required Skills
Bachelor”s degree or master”s degree in automotive or mechanical engineering required.
Tire design and/or development experience preferred (for a Tire DRE role)
Wheel design and/or development experience preferred (for a Wheel DRE role)
Must be familiar with DFMEA/DVPR usage and review of these documents.
Experience using CAD (ideally CATIA V6) or CAE is preferred
Solid fundamental knowledge of chassis design, vehicle dynamics, wheel & tire alignment, tire uniformity and tire design contributors to vehicle level performance
Understanding of wheel & tire design standards & code (ETRTO, TR&A etc.) & homologation
Candidates should be self-motivated and able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
Excellent communication skills, able to interact effectively with domestic and international teammates & suppliers.
Must be a self-starter, use initiative and engineering judgement.
Ability to interpret data and solve complex problems using first principles.
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