Job Description
Job Description:
Strategy & Goals
Responsible for designing and delivering technical solutions aligned with customer needs, with a strong focus on added value to enhance the overall product offering.
This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams—such as Sales, Operations, and Quality—to ensure integrated and effective solution development.
Acts as a central point of contact across departments, requiring the ability to operate in a multinational environment and coordinate with diverse teams across multiple locations.
Main Tasks and Challenges:
- Design and develop products based on quality, cost, deadline and industrialization constraints.
- Production of 3D models and 2D drawings in accordance with customers’ specifications.
- Main interface to the project manager for the product development through the APQP process.
- Collaboration with Quality department to the elaboration of DFMEA and validation tests.
- Part’s prototyping using 3D printing.
- FEA calculation and report to customers.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensures the design of the parts is in accordance with customer specifications and feasibility.
- Contribute to product development by improving existing products to solve customer issues.
- Support sales team (project managers) in technical meetings with customers.
- Ensure correct project execution to meet the deadlines.
- Takes ownership of technical data, guaranteeing its delivery to the client and its continuous maintenance.
THE PERSON - IDEAL PROFIL
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree - B.A. / B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering or similar. Master’s Degree is a plus.
Experience
- Plastic injection and/or fastener experience is a must.
- Experience in Automotive industry is a must.
- At least 3 years of experience in Design, Tooling, Engineering, R&D, Innovation area is a must.
- Proven ability to collaborate with cross-function and global teams.
- Extensive CAD experience – preferable CATIA.
- FEA simulation knowledge is preferred.
Leadership & Personal Characteristics
- Leadership, interpersonal and intercultural communication skills.
- Ability to face technical issues in diverse fields.
- Strategic thinking, strong capability to proactively identify risks and apply problem-solving skills, with an innovative and flexible approach.
- Capability of interaction with customers on technical matters.
- Curiosity – ability to challenge the status quo and to bring innovative solutions.
- Autonomy / Responsibility / Entrepreneurial mindset.
- Business acumen / Growth mindset.
- Working proficiency in English and French is required.