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Company Overview

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #189 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com, or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation

Role overview:

The main purpose of the Project Engineer is to work within the seating development team to design, develop and validate seating products for JIT manufacture, and to continually improve seats in current production, to improve performance and eliminate in-service product concerns.

This role is based in Coventry Tech Center (CV6)

Scope of the position:

To participate in a project, within a team to own and deliver the engineering of best in class premium automotive seating for the products we develop for our customers. The role will include the creation of technical specifications or targets, and the design of components and assemblies to meet the technical requirements. The achievement of engineering deliverables within the program timing constraints is essential.

To work systematically and analytically and to use structured problem solving methods to resolve technical issues.

To create and manage the DFMEA for your area of responsibility, managing technical risk to acceptable levels and validating the product to customer and regulatory requirements

To work effectively within a design team, contributing to the teams collective output, and to apply your knowledge and experience to the engineering of a product, with respect to requirements definition & design to meet function, safety, durability and appearance standards.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work with the Engineering Manager to design and develop seating projects meeting customer expectations
• Work within the various engineering functions to deliver the design, DFMEA, analysis, validation, tolerance analysis, drawing creation and dimensioning and system integration of seating systems.
• Define product technical requirements in terms of function, safety, durability and appearance.
• Competitor technical benchmarking defining the mechanical characteristics of the part with SI units
• Ensure compliance to engineering deliverables at set project gateways
• Resolution of technical open issues and driving them to successful closure within the agreed timing
• Presentations to Lear colleagues and customer senior management as required with respect to your area of design responsibility
• To participate in design reviews as required

Key skills and Qualifications:

• HNC / HND or equivalent
• Preferred: Bachelor or Masters in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering or a similar relevant subject
• Good PC skills – Excel/Word and Powerpoint.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical approach to problem solving
• Good mechanical aptitude
• Appreciation of CAD systems
• Strong conceptual design capability
• Able to think of innovative solutions to design challenges

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