Job Description

The Global Interior Lighting Product Design Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, and release of all the Interior lighting components such as smart ambient lighting, surface back lighting, dynamic lighting, overhead lighting system, Battery charge Indicator lighting, UVC lighting, courtesy, and task lighting. Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• • Standardization plan development, interface with product design office, vehicle development, other Interior, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Teams, and suppliers to design, develop and release Interior Lighting components
  • Interface between Design Studio and suppliers in the creation of functional lighting solutions that achieve design requirements
  • Maintain core lighting design practices, lessons learned, implementing innovation roadmaps as well as utilizing SPEOS lighting simulation as a lighting simulation tool, coordination, and development of advancement of new technologies and procedures to improve program timing for lighting systems, writing source packages, specifications, requirements, and change notices
  • Define Interior, Electrical, Customer interface requirements, virtual and physical validations (DFMEA / DVP&R), vehicle lighting harmonization and quality improvement activities, cost value analysis, and the supplier development and selection process, supplier management to meet program timing and deliverables
  • Follow, track and root cause build issues found during pre-production builds and vehicle issues found during development
  • Issue resolution prior to launch of the program and warranty analysis of all the components after the launch
• Requirements:

Needs to be in the Windsor area for Occasional meetings at CTC and training. State on the resume where the candidate is located.

· A minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, and or Computer Engineering from an ABET accredited university

· Minimum of 2 years of Product Design and Release in Automotive system and components

· Minimum of 2 years in Electrical Module Hard ware development

· Experience with Tooling feasibility in Injection molded plastics/Decorative components

· Experience in Interior lighting and lighting simulation

· Working knowledge of Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA), PFMEA, Design Verification Plan & Report (DVP&R), CAE, GD&T, and i-Speed

· Design and development experience in Team Center and NX

· Proficient in Excel, Word, Power Point

· Strong organizational, leadership and communication skills required

· Result oriented, energetic self-starting leader with ability to direct cross –functional teams

Additional Information / Must Have's:

• • Excellent communication and skills in person and virtually. 
  • Problem solving experience, Reactive green belt certification preferred 
  • Assembly / Production plant experience  
  •     How many years of experience are you looking for (if different than the job description): 5-7 years 
  
  Please choose which location best fits your position:
  
  o     Onsite/ Remote Hybrid - Onsite as needed. The percentage will change based on program timing 
  
  Does this position require driving a Stellantis vehicle? (Examples: Testing / Driving on a Track / Moving vehicle throughout the facility/ Moving vehicle to another plant location) - Yes. 
  
  Amount of travel, (if so, where):  20%