Axle Suspension Design Engineer - 37107007 (1149)
Warwick, Warwickshire
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Job Title: Axle Suspension Design Engineer - 37107007
Location: Warwickshire
Duties:
Reporting to the Axle Function & Integration Chapter Leader, this role requires an individual to lead the delivery of the design of the suspension/axle concept and associated CAD geometry to meet the agreed timing for multiple nameplates off a platform.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Essential:
Mechanical Engineering based degree (MEng, BEng, MSc or BSc) or equivalent experience
Location: Warwickshire
Duties:
Reporting to the Axle Function & Integration Chapter Leader, this role requires an individual to lead the delivery of the design of the suspension/axle concept and associated CAD geometry to meet the agreed timing for multiple nameplates off a platform.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of the Axle CAD concept and integration of corner modules and axle links into subframes and rest of vehicle for all vehicles across a platform
- Support of Axle Integration Engineers, organising workload to complete programme deliverables.
- Provide daily support with technical direction, methods and processes
- Work together to plan out tasks, training and career development experiences where appropriate
- Create suspension layout studies and check packaging including consideration of kinematics, dynamic envelopes (e.g. wheel envelope), compliances, tuning and component variability
- Generate suspension hard point datasheets for release, plus selected other chassis geometry datasheets (e.g. anti-roll bar routing) and cascade these to all relevant areas of the business
- Generate and complete the DVP for suspension assemblies for the requirements that depend on CAD as the validation tool (for example clearance checks)
- Develop new processes and techniques to improve the Axle design process, in order to meet the timing requirements of current and future programmes
Essential:
- Mechanical Engineering based degree (MEng, BEng, MSc or BSc) or equivalent experience
- Experienced user of Catia v6 (Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE) with a working knowledge of kinematics
- Knowledge of suspension design fundamentals, suspension packaging & functional requirements
- High levels of personal organisation, driven, self-motivated and able to deliver with minimum supervision
- Excellent problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills
- The ability to manage and resolve complex, cross functional, technical issues when confronted with conflicting requirements within project timing constraints
- Willingness to learn and introduce new methods to increase personal and team effectiveness
- Good working knowledge of Axle System Targets and Attribute Interaction
- Understanding of whole vehicle packaging
- Understanding of Associative Vehicle Architecture modelling principles
- A good working knowledge of product creation & delivery, change control, product definition and change management processes
- Knowledge of general vehicle components, systems and sub-systems
Mechanical Engineering based degree (MEng, BEng, MSc or BSc) or equivalent experience