Our client, a AV Manufacturing company, is looking for a Exterior Lighting Design & Release Engineer for their Foster City, CA location.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop exterior lighting solutions for Client vehicles, translating aesthetic styling visions into feasible, production-ready designs from concept through production, ensuring
performance, timing, and commercial requirements are achieved.
Collaborate and communicate technical concepts and requirements effectively with Studio
Designers, Suppliers, Manufacturing, and other cross-functional teams to achieve design themes, attribute targets, and resolve complex engineering issues.
Leverage expertise in plastics, injection molding, optical design, GD&T principles, tolerance stack-up analysis, and electronics to solve complex technical problems and evaluate design
trade-offs using first-principles reasoning and root-cause analysis, ensuring all parts and assemblies are optimized for high-volume manufacturing.
Conduct high level root-cause analysis for any lighting system faults. Investigate system-level failures, often involving reviewing communication logs (CAN traces), module
diagnostics, and correlating them with the functional model to find the source of the issue.
Understand lighting system architecture .
Lead the development and creations of DFMEAs ensuring that dependencies are effectively cascaded to relevant cross-functional partners.
Support product validation plans, validation activities and sign off results.
Manage Tier 1 supplier relationships including RFQ documentation, technical design reviews, and the integration of supplier feedback.
Manage engineering change management, maintain accurate Bill of Materials (BOM) using
Enovia, and generate and manage 3D and 2D data with Catia V6.
Align engineering deliverables with commercial program requirements including appearance, cost, weight, durability, legal requirements, and program timing objectives.
Requirements:
Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Or related discipline, Masters degree preferred)
5+ years (preferred) of Exterior/interior Lamp development at a Tier 1 or OEM
Experience in Lighting systems Engineering: communication logs (CAN traces).
Capable of managing the full part lifecycle, including design, engineering validation, and release to production systems.
Proficient in CATIA V5/V6, utilizing key modules like Part Design and Geometric Surface
Design to generate 3D geometry, sectional data, and communicate technically sound design solutions.
Strong understanding of engineering first principles and the ability to apply them to identify, analyze, and resolve technical challenges.
Demonstrated ability to manage information, prioritize tasks, and communicate project status with clarity.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely
communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong working knowledge of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP and other automotive evaluation and regulatory achievement