Eaton's IS VEH EMB division is currently seeking a Lead Mechanical Engineer.
What you'll do:
Position Overview:
In this role, the Lead Mechanical Engineer will provide sustaining support for current products that include product improvements and cost down activities. Also conceptualize, manage the design, development, testing, technical documentation, and launch of new products and extensions/updates to existing product lines.
In this function you will:
• Evaluate change impact to products, offering decisions on updates and work scope
• Create and document product design updates driven by customer needs, manufacturing opportunities and or Eaton's supply base
• Be a key part of the team during the deployment of design updates to sustaining products and new products during launch
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• Lead and participate in requirements evaluation, design reviews and related product development processes.
• Support pre-production (prototype) product building, validation and evaluation
• Generate (when necessary) product requirements specification from Voice of the Customer (VoC) input.
• Conduct testing of product changes and new products in accordance with standards and customer requirements to confirm conformance
• Launch new products following the Eaton PRO Launch stage-gate process.
• Investigate and evaluate new materials and their appropriate use within our product line
• Participate in problem solving work leveraging methods like 8D, Fishbone, and 5 Why
• Lead and support team activities that create higher value products, benefiting both Eaton and our customers.
• Review and conduct computer-based FEA & FMEA analysis on new products to ensure their integrity and use the results to modify designs.
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Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of five (5) years working in new product development or sustaining product engineering
• Hands on experience with mechanical assemblies, ideally automotive types
• CAD and PLM system experience, examples of 2D drawing and specification creation
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Mexico without company sponsorship, now or in the future.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this role.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with vehicle controls products such as switches and keypads
• Experience in injection molded plastics component design
• Experience with packaging definition of Printed Circuit Boards
• Experience with Stamped busbar and electrical contact system design
• Experience with development stage gate processes and Design for Six Sigma tools.
• Understand creepage and clearance requirements on high voltage components driving design intent.
• Experience with converting customer requirements to engineering requirements
• Experience with establishing and documenting design rules
• Experience with ASME drawing standards and GD&T
• Experience with tolerance analysis/stacks
• Experience within commercial vehicle market environmental requirements and related qualification testing required.
• Experience with Solid Works (preferred), CREO-ProE, NX or CATIA
• Experience with Enovia PLM
• Experience directing, interpreting and making design decisions from mechanical design analysis performed with FEA software tool
• Experience with DFx practices: Manufacturing, Test, Repair, Quality
• Ability to work with cross-functional team across the globe
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.