Engineer, Applications

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and promote a preventive safety culture throughout Dana.
• Support conceptual design, manufacturability, and validation activities for Light Vehicle Sealing product lines and new concepts.
• Communicate (in person, virtual, and written) with customer engineering during program development; support technical reviews, tech days, and design reviews as needed.
• Partner with Program Managers/Coordinators to support successful and timely customer launches; participate in Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) activities.
• Create, maintain, and report status on key program documents:
• Design and engineering open-issues log (actions, owners, timing).
• Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA).
• Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R) and progress reporting.
• Program archive (e.g., design releases/approvals, requirements, test reports, lessons learned).
• Coordinate with the Validation group to execute validation per the DVP&R; develop test concepts to validate unique component features.
• Interface with manufacturing facilities to ensure designs meet manufacturing requirements and can be produced consistently.
• Participate in a culture of continual learning, continuous improvement, and cooperation.
• Maintain awareness of competitor activity relevant to Light Vehicle Sealing programs.