Job Summary:

• The Seat Complete Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering vehicle seating systems.
• This includes ensuring that seats meet safety, performance, and regulatory standards.
• The role involves working across different departments and managing the seat product from the initial concept through to production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and/or integrate seat structures, seat components, foam, trim and full seat systems.
• Handle product release lifecycle: create and maintain BOMs, manage design revisions using change management systems.
• Ensure successful integration of the seat system in the vehicle.
• Develop DVPRs and support both prototype and production builds.
• Analyze problems,lead root cause and troubleshooting on design and manufacturing issues.
• Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to design and manufacturing issues.
• Work closely with suppliers on the design, quality and delivery of seat parts.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to meet project goals.
• Oversee the full life of the seat product—from concept, through production, to end-of-life.
• Make sure all designs meet safety regulation, performance specifications and customer requirements.
• Drive weight and cost reduction initiatives.
• Communicate product status to leadership.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to work autonomously, excellent communication skills, positive attitude, willingness to learn, flexibility, team-player, and attention to detail.
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
• Experience with global project management and leading cross-functional teams.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in the automotive industry.
• Familiarity with seat complete integration and components.
• Understanding of components and physical integration in vehicle.
• Familiarity with FMVSS and ECE requirements.
• CAD Skills: Skilled in 3D modeling software (e.g., Teamcenter/NX).
• Design quality methods such as DFMEA to identify and prevent potential issues early.