Job description 

JOB SUMMARY
As an Specialist in Chassis Architecture, you will be part of team that work in development of geometrical areas in projects and secure cross-functional balanced and verified areas. You will be heavily involved in projects from pre-studies all through development and interact with stakeholders from all over the organization to meet or balance their demands on the future product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proposing solutions for complete offer scenario/packaging to meet application, customer and cross functional requirements
• Analysing and proposing common solutions to maximize common parts (Common Architecture & Shared Technologies)
• Reach quality and maturity targets on the Geometrical deliverables, and escalate when needed
• Plan Geometrical deliveries to meet the project overall geometrical time-plan
• Manage geometrical discussions and drive for a balanced and agreed technical solution,
• Support the Product Structure team in creating the Base Product Specification when it comes to geometrical restrictions and variant limitations
• Sharing input regarding geometrical matters to stakeholders (Global Manufacturing, Aftermarket, and the commodities ex. Chassis, Cab, Electrical, Powertrain)
• Building geometry verification plans (virtual builds, physical builds B/C, DMU structure)
• Tracking and communicating all geometry related issues/activities

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Masters or bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in product development projects within the automotive industry.
• Proficient in Windchill PDM Link. Experience with PTC Creo preferred.
• Working experience with JIRA tools and Agile methodology.
• Vehicle coordinate systems and vehicle assembly processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Kola or any PLM tools required.
• Previous experience in automotive packaging or mechanical systems engineering, Automotive, or Transportation industry experience preferred
• Concept evaluation experience in tools such as QDCCF, Pugh Matrix, or similar

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Action-oriented; Decision quality; Collaborates; Customer focus; Values differences.
• Must be able to direct the work cross-functionally.
• Leading multi-disciplinary/cross-functional teams comes easily to you.
• You should be action-oriented and able to make quality decisions on your own.
• Collaborating internally and cross-functionally is an everyday occurrence.
• Working with customer focus is a constant.
• You will need the ability to persevere through tasks, whilst continually developing yourself and your skills.