Engineer - Product Design (Kautex)

Job Title: Engineer - Product Design
Company: Kautex
Location: Troy, MI

Kautex is a leading supplier of fuel tank systems to all the automotive OEM’s and the recreational sport industry and the most global member of the Textron family. Textron was founded in 1923 and is one of the world’s best-known multi-industry companies and includes powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna, E-Z GO, Jacobsen and of course Kautex. Being a part of Textron enables us to provide all the resources that a large company has to offer to both our customers and employees while maintaining a small company feel. Kautex employees tell us that they enjoy: having daily work that truly impacts the organization, working for an organization that strives to know and develop them, and working in a multi-industry company that offers a wide variety of career growth paths and opportunities. Kautex is looking for a motivated professional to join our team in the capacity of Product Engineer working in automotive product development with blow molded and injection molded designs.

Employment Type: Regular, Full-Time
Salary Range: 50,000k-90,000k annually
Percent Travel: 25%
Physical Location: Troy, MI
Benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Retirement Plans (401k & Pension with company contribution)
- Holiday and vacation plans to provide work/life balance
- Generous Educational assistance & Professional development programs
- List is not inclusive of all benefits offered

Job Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for leading all design, development and prototype activity, ensuring the design meets the customer’s expectations and the manufacturing capabilities. This involves the following:
- Product development of complete Fuel systems
- Total product ownership from conception to production launch.
- Support plant trials and customer builds to ensure product meets all legislative and specification requirements
- Develop and maintain Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) and other applicable Program Management System documentation, at the direction of the Program Manager.
- Support of manufacturing facility in development of production processes, tooling & equipment specifications, quality documentation, test plans, etc.
- Support of Kautex Global functions involved with sub-component development.
- Participate in Core Product Design Team meetings.

Education:
Bachelor's Degree required

Position Requirements:
- 2 years experience in automotive product development.
- Experience with product design manufactured through use of blow molding and/or injection molding beneficial.
- One year experience in product design or process technology of Fuel systems or related subsystem is beneficial.

Working for Kautex you will enjoy the success of being with an energetic, established, and growing business where we understand that standing still is moving backwards. As a member of our team you will experience all the opportunities that working for a global organization offers providing you the opportunities that will move your career forward.

Textron (and its subsidiaries) participates in E-Verify. We will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

How to Apply

E-mail resume in word format to tammy.lake@kautex.textron.com.

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This position, Engineer - Product Design (Kautex), was posted on February 2, 2012. The employer is Textron. Since this job has been published, it has been viewed 44 times.