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    Motherson North America

    Automotive

    Design Engineer

    Farmington Hills, United StatesOn-SiteFull-time3–5 yrs experiencePosted 3w ago
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    Job description

    RESPONSIBILITIES / RESPONSABILIDADES -

    • Design and develop LV wiring harnesses and HV cable assemblies for automotive and commercial vehicle platforms.
    • Developing Bills of Materials from Customer inputs, able to verify Customer supplied BOM with drawing.
    • Developing Bills of Materials from Customers inputs for rapid responses to Customer RFIs and RFQs
    • Develop wiring schematics, harness drawings, topology layouts, and manufacturing documentation using Capital Harness Software tool.
    • Perform harness routing, packaging studies, bundle optimization, and component integration activities.
    • Interpret and implement customer engineering drawings, specifications, standards, and electrical requirements.
    • Select and integrate connectors, terminals, clips, splices, shielding, conduits, and protective components.
    • Understanding Customer supplied DVPR and interpreting those and executing it.
    • Support prototype builds, engineering changes, issue resolution, and design validation activities.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including manufacturing, purchasing, validation, quality, and supplier engineering.
    • Participate in DFMEA, DFM/DFA reviews, and engineering change management processes.
    • Ensure designs meet automotive quality, safety, and regulatory requirements for LV and HV systems.
    • Support customer meetings, design reviews, and program launch activities.
    • Support for organizational activities for VA/VE &  inventory control

    KNOWLEDGE / CONOCIMIENTO-  

    Education and Experience: 

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Elec knowledge.
    • 3–5 years of experience in automotive or commercial vehicle wiring harness design and development.
    • Hands-on experience with Siemens Capital Harness Software.
    • Strong knowledge of Low Voltage Harnesses and High Voltage Cable systems.
    • Good understanding of vehicle Electrical/Electronic (E/E) architecture.
    • Knowledge of automotive connectors, terminals, grounding, shielding, and wiring protection systems.
    • Ability to read and interpret customer drawings, engineering specifications, and OEM standards.
    • Familiarity with automotive product development lifecycle and engineering release processes.
    • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

    Preferred:

    • Previous role with key OEM/Tier account; light vehicle, commercial vehicle, specialized product OEM related to agriculture, construction or recreational sports.

    Skill/ knowledge requirements:

    • Technical expertise in harness design and development & Bills of Material creation.
    • Vehicle E/E architecture understanding
    • Customer harness / component specification /standard interpretation
    • Cross-functional collaboration with understanding on VA/VE
    • Design validation (DVPR) and problem-solving
    • Time management and project coordination
    • Must be able to travel up to 20% of the time
    • Medium physical activity – ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
    • High level of initiative and works well in team environment.
    • Able to manage stressful situations and deadline pressures.
    • Plans and executes responsibilities with minimal direction.

    Working Conditions:

    Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.

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    About the company

    Motherson North America

    Motherson North America is a leading global supplier of automotive components and systems.

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