Product Design Engineer

Overview:

• Technical window in front of customers.
• Contribution to the development of new products, in line with schedule, process, quality and cost targets.

R&R:

• Understand customer technical specifications, to discuss and to address them according to current or future technical solutions developed
• Clarify and explain customers’ specifications to Development teams.
• Promote and explain to customers the choices and technical solutions proposed.
• Participate to RFS/RFI/RFQ process and ensure the customers’ expectations are taken in account and appropriate compromise is made as needed.
• Lead the Design Review events at customers and ensure the content and format meets requirements 
• Actively participate to the creation of design concepts and alternative design solutions.
• Ensure the conformity of the different technical answers to customers.
• Act as the main communication channel to the customers in Japan for technical matters (with Technical Manager support, as needed).

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• More than 5 years professional experience in a demanding role in Design & Development within an industrial environment, ideally in the automotive industry o Knowledge and experience in the seating business preferred
• Leadership experience
• Team player with strong communication skills
• International mind set
• English & Japanese required