• Job Description

  Req#: 43700

  Position Overview

  Tec hnical Development Engineer, BEV Group

  Novelis is the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, producing an estimated 19 percent of the world's flat-rolled aluminum products. We work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, beverage can, automotive and high-end specialty markets.

  Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Novelis has approximately 14,650 employees in 33 operating facilities on four continents and is making significant capital investments in recycling and rolling capacity in North America to meet an ascending customer demand.

  The Novelis North America Automotive Development team is seeking a Technical Development Engineer. The ideal candidate will be responsible for working directly with customer engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure project success. They will work directly with our toll processors to ensure product quality before shipment to the customer, as well as, solve customer issues with products related to forming, joining, and assembly. Key external customers are customer manufacturing and materials engineering. Key internal customers are account managers, technical development managers, and technical service.

  Responsibilities & Qualifications

  Responsibilities:

  • Identify customer requirements for aluminum sheet products, including alloy and appropriate surface treatments and topographies
  • Develop and negotiate customer specifications and develop Novelis products and processes to meet
  • Assist customers with alloy selection through the communication of design and manufacturing guidelines
  • Participate in customer design reviews
  • Assess part formability through virtual or physical testing
  • Develop product delivery specifications in conjunction with Novelis mills or blanking/tolling subcontractors
  • Manage sheet product qualifications
  • Support customer tool tryouts and joining assessments
  • Troubleshoot issues with the implementation of Novelis products into the OEM manufacturing stream
  • Support Novelis R&D activities based on customer’s needs and growth opportunities in alignment with the Technical Development Manager
  • Support projects in partnership with OEM Engineering from concept to conclusion
  • Contribute to discussions on all new alloy developments regarding specific customer requirements.
  • Work in partnership with OEM Materials Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain and Product Development to qualify processes and products
  • Lead internal trials with Novelis R&D Americas - Kennesaw and Manufacturing plants
  • Expected to work a hybrid schedule (2-3 days per week in the Novi, MI office)

  Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 - 10+ years of automotive sheet metal supply experience in application/development
  • Engineering or alloy development experience, preferably in the aluminum semi-fabricated sheet industry
  • Understanding of Battery Electric Vehicle structures and fundamentals
  • Experience in the manufacturing environment both at the customer and internally
  • Bachelor’s degree in materials, metallurgical or mechanical engineering or applied mechanics
  • Hands-on knowledge of forming and/or joining processes or analysis
  • Experience with automotive material or component evaluation plans
  • Project management skills
  • Experience in customer service on a working level and with plant management
  • Ability and desire to perform formability analysis
  • Ability to understand part prints and work with CAD models
  • Familiarity with automotive functional requirements such as stiffness, durability, NVH, crash, etc.
  • Self-motivated and results-oriented
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Understanding of the APQP process a plus
  • Fundamental knowledge of SAP is a plus

  What We Offer:

  Novelis benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, competitive in the marketplace, and affordable. These are a few of the benefits we offer to support you and your family’s well-being:

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Health savings accounts – Company Funded Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
  • Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
  • Paid vacation and driven personal time off
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Retirement savings plans – medical and prescription drug coverage through private exchange
  • Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
  • Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance

  Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoffs, recalls, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and training, are without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

  This role offers a hybrid schedule. Novelis is committed to a Flex Work approach that empowers employees to maintain work-life balance while enjoying the benefits of a collaborative office environment.

  Location Profile

  Novelis’ Novi office is located twenty-five miles northwest of the heart of the motor city. Its 50+ employees provide dedicated commercial technical and recycling teams for Novelis’ growing automotive customer base. Novi is also the location of the company’s newly announced Customer Solution Center which will accelerate innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. As one of the fastest growing cities in Michigan Novi offers a host of destination shopping and specialty expos fine dining options and outdoor recreation activities. Our Novi team is a key sponsor to community events such as Habitat for Humanity and local schools with its FIRST Robotics team and STEM education programs.

• About the company

  Novelis Inc. is an American industrial aluminum company, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

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