The Mechanical Engineer will support automotive lighting product development, testing, and manufacturing engineering activities. This role offers hands-on experience in mechanical design, prototyping, validation testing, data analysis, and cross-functional engineering support in a manufacturing and R&D environment.
Responsibilities Include:
- Support the mechanical design and evaluation of automotive lighting products, components, housings, brackets, and assemblies.
- Create and revise 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, mechanical specifications, and bills of material.
- Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance-stack analysis, and design-for-manufacturing and assembly principles.
- Support material and process selection for molded plastics, stamped metal, die-cast, machined, sealed, and thermally managed components.
- Assist with prototype builds, fit and function assessments, dimensional inspection, and mechanical performance testing.
- Plan and conduct validation testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, environmental, ingress-protection, durability, and mechanical-load evaluations as applicable.
- Participate in design reviews, DFMEA activities, root-cause investigations, and failure analysis of product or manufacturing issues.
- Work with suppliers and internal manufacturing teams on tooling, part feasibility, manufacturability, process capability, and corrective actions.
- Support process optimization and continuous-improvement initiatives for product assembly and manufacturing processes.
- Prepare and update test reports, engineering drawings, specifications, technical documentation, and engineering-change records.
- Collaborate with R&D, optical, electrical, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and product engineering teams.
- Perform hands-on lab work, data analysis, engineering calculations, and structured problem solving.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent technical background.
- 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing preferred.
