CAD Engineer, Body Structures
Southfield, MI
Fulltime
The CAD Engineer is to design and deliver world leading Body Structures for client electric vehicle platforms. The ideal resource exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches their work with vigor and determination. Resources should have demonstrated the ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment and be excellent at multi-tasking.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the design and development of weight efficient automotive BIW Structural parts and assemblies to deliver the highest level of performance in NVH, Durability and Crashworthiness performance from a blank page into production with experience developing body assemblies.
• Design with excellence at system and component level with great attention to every detail creating optimized for performance, size, weight, durability, and cost.
• Perform detailed analysis of section properties, materials, and manufacturing processes through benchmarking activities to understand competitiveness of designs.
• Coordinate virtual engineering and physical validation testing activities for your designs.
• Determine required tolerances using GD&T.
Qualifications:
• 1+ years of expertise in automotive Body Structures Systems and sub-systems at OEM or supplier desired.
• Solid track record of successful system level integration.
• Proven 3D CAD skills, proficient with CATIA V5/V6 or similar software.
• Hands-on practical experience in prototype assembly and production assembly with the willingness to assemble your own parts.
• Detail oriented personality with a determined problem-solving attitude using an Engineering first principles approach.
• A strong understanding of various analysis tools such as ANSYS, OptiStruct, MATLAB, ADAMS, etc.
• Proof of excellence in your past position, while demonstrating profound creativity in resolving mechanical design problems.
• Experience in full life cycle development from concept to prototype to full production
Education :-
Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent from ABET accredited institution or equivalent body structures automotive experience.
