Seat Product Design Engineer & Customer Interface

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a global automotive supplier.

Responsibilities

For this own perimeter on a given program the Product Design Engineer & Customer Interface will be a support Engineering Manager for following activities:

• Technical window in front of customers.
• Contribution to the development of new products, in line with schedule, process, quality and cost targets.

The technical responsibilities are:

• Understand customer technical specifications, to discuss and to address them according to current or future technical solutions developed by us.
• Clarify and explain customers’ specifications to Development teams.
• Promote and explain to customers the choices and technical solutions proposed by us.
• Participate to RFS/RFI/RFQ process and ensure the customers’ expectations are taken in account and appropriate compromise is made as needed.
• Lead the Design Review events at customers and ensure the content and format meets requirements
• Actively participate to the creation of design concepts and alternative design solutions.
• Ensure the conformity of the different technical answers to customers.
• Act as the main communication channel to the customers in Japan for technical matters (with Technical Manager support, as needed).
• The management responsibilities consist in giving direction to CAD Engineers on data creation and data submission as required.

Requirements

• More than 5 years professional experience in a demanding role in Design & Development within an industrial environment, ideally in the automotive industry
• Knowledge and experience in the seating business preferred
• Leadership experience
• Team player with strong communication skills
• International mind set
• English & Japanese required

Salary

7 - 10 million yen

Location

Yokohama