Engineer Vehicle Architecture

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At Magna you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team you can expect exciting varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Engineer - Vehicle Architect leads vehicle-level architecture packaging integration and technical convergence activities across complete vehicle development programs. The role translates customer styling regulatory manufacturing serviceability geometrical and functional requirements into an integrated vehicle solution from concept through prototype validation production release and launch.
This position provides cross-functional technical leadership across vehicle systems and interfaces coordinating styling product engineering CAD PLM manufacturing suppliers and program management. The Engineer - Vehicle Architect maintains vehicle-level design integrity drives resolution of interface conflicts and ensures released solutions meet program objectives and production readiness requirements.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Responsibility
Vehicle Architecture & Integration
Lead development and maintenance of vehicle architecture package layouts system interfaces hard points zones clearances and integration requirements.
Translate product customer styling sensor structural thermal manufacturing ergonomic service and regulatory requirements into balanced vehicle-level solutions.
Own cross-system compatibility and identify architecture risks interface gaps and requirement conflicts early in the development process.
Guide packaging and integration of mechanical systems structures mounting hardware enclosures trim sensors cleaning systems and thermal hardware.
Use vehicle-level judgment and trade-off analysis to balance functional manufacturability and serviceability requirements.
Styling & Technical Convergence
Coordinate styling and engineering convergence for exterior and interior content including A- B- and C-class surface development and data maturity.
Define visualization digital review and physical evaluation scopes including data status releases control models and cubing activities.
Lead step gap flushness clearance and interface target setting with styling engineering and tolerance-management teams.
Resolve conflicts between design intent and technical feasibility and support acceptance of styling data for production-tool release.
Design Development Release & Configuration
Lead or coordinate vehicle integration concepts CAD assemblies interface documentation and engineering data packages.
Ensure released CAD and PLM data accurately represents approved design intent package requirements subsystem interfaces and program configuration.
Support Design engineering changes thru design maturity reviews and configuration control through the product-development lifecycle.
Collaborate with design and release engineers to ensure assigned systems are production-ready and fully integrated at vehicle level.
Program Planning Validation & Technical Governance
Support vehicle system subsystem and component compliance ensuring that geometric and functional requirements along with regulatory manufacturing and timing targets are clearly defined achievable and incorporated into engineering plans
Support program resource planning budget development technical status reporting milestone reviews and coordination of external engineering work packages.
Ensure vehicle-level risks interfaces and use cases are addressed through DFMEA DVP&R tolerance analysis validation planning and technical reviews.
Support as required test & validation activities (i.e. correlation of vehicle/system physical build with virtual development root cause analysis verified clash conditions etc.)
Maintain architecture decisions assumptions open issues lessons learned and technical documentation throughout the program.
Supplier Manufacturing & Vehicle Build Support
Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing teams on quotations design reviews DFMEA/DFM material and process selection tooling concepts production feasibility and readiness.
Provide vehicle-level technical support during Alpha Beta Pilot and Production builds serving as an escalation point for integration and interface issues.
Lead root-cause analysis containment deviation management corrective action and engineering-change implementation for build and validation concerns.
Capture production and field learnings and incorporate proven improvements into current and future vehicle architectures.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Lead architecture convergence packaging and technical decision forums with customers program management styling engineering disciplines manufacturing quality and suppliers.
Communicate vehicle design status risks trade-offs decisions timing impacts and required actions clearly to technical and business stakeholders.
Escalate unresolved architecture risks and target deviations early with fact-based recommendations and recovery actions.
Promote common methods engineering best practices technical knowledge transfer and continuous improvement across global teams.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering Automotive Engineering Mechatronics Engineering or a related engineering discipline; masters degree preferred.
5 years of vehicle architecture vehicle integration packaging styling convergence complete vehicle development or closely related automotive product-development experience.
Experience leading cross-functional development of mechanical structural trim thermal or vehicle integration systems from concept through production release.
Experience with complete vehicle programs prototype and production builds validation suppliers manufacturing organizations and engineering release processes.
Proficiency with CATIA V5 CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE NX or equivalent 3D CAD; experience with ENOVIA or an equivalent PLM system.
Working knowledge of GD&T tolerance stack-up DFM/DFA BOM and change management DFMEA DVP&R root-cause analysis and automotive launch processes.
Strong understanding of vehicle packaging system interfaces manufacturing processes material applications and production-feasibility considerations.

YOUR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in styling convergence or studio engineering support including surface maturity and physical or digital vehicle evaluation.
Experience with RAMSIS CAVA ICEM Surf CAE tools or similar vehicle architecture and visualization applications is a plus
Experience supporting the development and launch of emerging mobility technologies including ADAS EVs and related systems
Experience guiding technical personnel and coordinating global engineering teams.

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