Principal Engineer Design Release Engineer

Yazakiis a global leader in the research development and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions.

Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer in the world and weve strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 83year history. Today were on the lookout for energetic people with the potential to perform as well as the ability to strengthen and thrive in the positive work environment we pride ourselves on.

Location: Canton MI USA

POSITION SUMMARY

Design Release Engineer is responsible to assure Wire Harness Design meets Customer and Yazaki requirements. Work together with 3D CAD Systems Engineer and 2D Engineer to assure Design. Lead customer interface for customer change control technical issues and program engineering deliverables. Lead Yazaki Internal change control. Support continuous improvement of the design.

Unique to Sr. Engineer: Train and mentor less experienced Engineers and substitute for Supervisor as required.

Unique to Principal Engineer: Same as Sr. Engineer plus use expertise to identify and apply best practices technologies and processes.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Routing Packaging Retention and Protection

• Package components and wire harnesses into vehicles in the 3D environment including splice locations at the harness level (where a splice is placed on the wire harness)
• Define customerdirected components
• Define retention and covering components (convolute tape etc. to be used on the wire harness
• Initiate NCRs (New Component Requests) and interface with Advanced Purchasing Advanced Supplier Development Provisional Component Engineering and ComBU for the development and approval of newtooled components
• Initiate CPLs for any new component identified as Engineering change.

Customer Change Control

• Maintain customer part release system per statement of work
• Communicate to customer the content and status of the design design changes and build requirements
• Provide customer responses for cost studies
• Update engineering issues in customer change management systems (e.g. CN EWO WERS AIMS etc.
• Release nonYazaki parts (screws standard parts etc. into the customer system per statement of work

Customer and Internal Design Requirements

• Ensure design meets customer and internal requirements
• Collaborate with Systems Engineer to review customer product letters and determine complexity levels
• Collaborate with 3D CAD Designer to review 3D model and assure 2D and 3D match
• Create and submit in BEAMS print markups for product designs that meet customer specifications and requirements including DFA (Design for Vehicle Assembly)
• Collaborate with Product Design Engineering to communicate engineering changes and coordinate 2D print releases
• Collaborate with DVP&R (Design Verification Process & Report) team to validate customer requirements
• Develop and maintain programspecific harness DFMEAs (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
• Evaluate information provided by the customer as applied to the product/project for completeness and accuracy
• Initiate customer plant trials document results of the trial and obtain customer signoff
• Support assembly plant instructions for customer per statement of work
• Identify new components and initiate component registration process.
• Identify if design needs to be validated based on USCAR2138 or 45.

Engineering Customer Interface

• Lead customer interface for technical issues and program engineering deliverables
• Represent YNA Engineering at customer change control meetings (e.g. PMT PAT etc. and design reviews (e.g. technical design review digital buck review system compatibility review etc.
• Represent YNA manufacturing to customer to support YNA DFM (Design for Manufacturing) guidelines
• Support vehicle builds and launches at customer pilot and assembly plants

Continuous Improvement of the Design

• Generate cost savings ideas and attend VAVE (Value Analysis Value Engineering) workshops
• Trace technical issues and problems to root cause
• Support customer initiatives such as cost and warranty reduction activities etc.

Additional Responsibilities for Sr. Engineer and Principal Engineer

• Train and mentor less experienced Engineers as required
• Act as substitute for Supervisor as required
• Create and revise work instructions processes and procedures
• Create and modify specifications and design guidelines

Additional Responsibilities for Principal Engineer

• Determine best practices and design processes
• Develop strategies to facilitate engineering objectives (process improvement cost reduction DFM continuous improvement etc.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Degree Requirements:

BSEE BSME or equivalent experience

Certification Requirements:

N/A

Previous Experience:

5 years automotive engineering experience preferred

Travel Requirements:

As required

On Call Requirements:

As required

Physical Requirements:

Ability to troubleshoot and rework wire harnesses in warehouses or assembled on vehicles during wire harness or vehicle builds

Ability to lift wire harness assemblies up to 40 pounds

Ability to climb inside of vehicles to troubleshoot and rework

Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race color religion sex age marital status national origin disability handicap veteran status or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.