Sr. Project Engineer - Design CAD Specialist

AVL Mobility Technologies Inc offers a job in the United States (US) as

Sr. Project Engineer - Design CAD Specialist

AVL Mobility Technologies, Inc. (MTI) forges new ideas, creating exciting breakthroughs, and providing mobility solutions for combustion engines, transmissions, hybrid applications, fuel cell, battery, ADAS/AD, data intelligence, and embedded systems for all types of vehicles. Our mission is to be the leading engineering consultancy providing excellence and sustainable mobility solutions to North America and the world as a key member of the global AVL network to help improve vehicle safety and reduce emissions.


MTI is looking for a motivated engineer to join our team. We are specifically looking for a Design CAD Engineer to provide technical, program, and account management expertise to cross-functional business development and engineering program team execution activities.


Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Employer will not sponsor an applicant for a work visa for this position.

Roles:

• Responsible for local PDM system support in coordination with global keyusers.
• Direct interface to global keyusers for PDM and CAD system questions, concerns, tools and techniques, upgrade testing, and local implementation of the systems.
• Ownership of all local PDM activities for project creation and applying roles and responsibilities for new PDM system libraries.
• Provides leadership for U.S. restricted PDM systems and/or CAD systems. Is the direct interface to local third-party support companies for system prove out, maintenance, and development testing.
• Ensures that the U.S. administered PDM/CAD systems are common with the global PDM system.
• Provides system setup support to new employees as needed for CAD system install and server setup as required.
• Coordinates the usage of global design related tools for local users such as material information database, standard hardware data base and design standards/reports database.
• Establishes the work split with the local IT department for system administration, coordinates with IT to implement technology updates/tools and techniques.
• Coordinates implementation with local IT for administration of the local CAD/PDM system.
• Ensures that maintenance updates and future tools and technique enhancements are communicated to the local team.
• Provides update training to the design team as need, trains new employees in AVL global PDM practices.
• Leads design automation tool development to assist with reducing the product development process for design related efforts.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelors' degree in Mechanical or related field required
• Master's degree preferred
• 5 - 7+ years' experience in area of expertise in relevant (Considerable experience in CAD and/or PDM system administration)
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical thinking
• Motivated
• Team player
• Excellent knowledge of PTC Creo and Windchill PDM system backend installation
• Good understanding of design and development processes
• Ability to create advanced user forms in multiple interfaces
• Understands and has used 3D CAD tools
• Organizational skills
• Communication and presentation skills

Physical Requirements:

• Bending and Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. (1 hours per day)
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and other devices using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized
• Climbing Stairs: Ascending and descending stairs to gain access to a building or to move from one floor to another
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
• Light Carrying: Physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another
• Moderate Carrying: Items weighing 15-44 pounds
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with fingers (including thumb) and palm
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to rest on one or both knees
• Light Lifting: Raising objects under 15 pounds from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another
• Moderate Lifting: Objects 15-44 pounds
• Sitting: Particularly for sustained periods of time
• Standing: 4 hours per day
• Visual Requirement: Enough to read PC screens, normal size print as well as fine size print
• Hearing Requirement: Must be able to hear proper equipment operation and understand what the clients are saying

Mental Requirements:

• Comprehension
  • Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information
  • Ability to understand, remember, and communicate routine, information
  • Ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions
  • Ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints

• Organization
  • Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology
  • Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule on short-term basis
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others on short-term basis

• Reasoning and Decision Making
  • Ability to apply common sense in performing job
  • Ability to make decisions which have moderate impact on immediate work unit
  • Ability to make decisions which have significant impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside immediate work unit

• Communication
  • Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines
  • Ability to complete routine forms, use existing form letters and/or conduct routine oral communication
  • Ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information
  • Ability to communicate with individuals utilizing a telephone; requires ability to hear and speak effectively on phone
  • Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, loudly, and quickly
  • Ability to make informal presentations, inside and/or outside the organization. Speaking before groups
  • Ability to compose materials such as detailed reports, work-related manuals, publications of limited scope or impact, etc. and/or to make presentations outside the immediate work area

• Mathematics
  • Ability to count accurately
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide and to record, balance, and check results for accuracy
  • Ability to compute, analyze, and interpret numerical data for reporting purposes
  • Ability to compute, analyze and interpret complex statistical data and/or to develop forecasts and computer models

AVL provides a competitive compensation and benefits package to all direct hires. Specific benefit details and offer packages will be communicated during the interview and/or offer stage.

We look forward to receiving your details; please use our online application form or send your application to AVL North America, Inc. / AVL Test Systems, Inc. / AVL Mobility Technologies, Inc. EOE Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

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ABOUT AVL NORTH AMERICA

AVL North America has a staff of more than 650 people and has five technical centers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Metro Detroit area, and Lake Forest, California.

About AVL

AVL is one of the world's leading mobility technology companies for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry, and beyond. We provide concepts, solutions and methodologies in fields like vehicle development and integration, e-mobility, automated and connected mobility (ADAS/AD), and software for a greener, safer, better world of mobility.

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