Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer

The role

You will be the Trim & Lighting engineering point of contact for the program, coordinating the body team, suppliers and internal engineering groups. You will own the design and release of attachment and mounting interfaces for interior, exterior, seating and lighting components.

What you will do

• Serve as the Trim & Lighting engineering point of contact for the program
• Own the design and release of attachment and mounting interfaces for interior, exterior, seating and lighting components
• Drive multiple suppliers in parallel across trim, lighting, seating and exterior commodities against design, cost and timeline commitments
• Maximize carryover of components and part numbers
• Drive attachment solutions with minimal to no change to existing tooling and document tooling impact with suppliers
• Manage interfaces and changes with the body/structures team
• Partner with the Validation team to define and execute DVP&Rs
• Release parts and assemblies in 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX), owning data quality and change management
• Apply cost judgment in design decisions, including VA/VE, carryover and should-cost awareness
• Lead a small team of engineers and lead smaller cross-team projects

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 7+ years, or a PhD with 3+ years
• Deep knowledge of automotive interior/exterior trim, seating or lighting engineering
• Experience taking automotive components through at least one full design-to-launch cycle at OEM or Tier 1
• Experience with carryover strategy and attachment/interface design
• Strong command of GD&T, tolerance stack-up analysis, and fastening and joining methods
• Experience managing interfaces and change with a body/structures team
• Proficient in 3D modeling with CATIA V6 (or V5 / equivalent) and Design for Manufacturing
• Experience releasing parts and managing change in a PLM environment
• Experience managing multiple technical suppliers and timelines in parallel
• Sound cost judgment including VA/VE and should-cost awareness
• Familiarity with DVP&Rs and DFMEAs across at least one complete vehicle lifecycle program
• Comfortable in an early-phase, ambiguous, fast-moving program

Nice to have

• 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) PLM experience

About the company

zoox is the employer for this Senior Trim & Lighting Engineer role. The posting does not describe the company further.