Design Release Engineer job in Canton

Route and package the wire harness and define retention and covering components. Lead interface to customer for customer change control, technical, issues, and program engineering deliverables. Support continuous improvement of the design., Routing, Packaging, Retention and Protection &bull Package components and wire harnesses into vehicles in the 3D environment, including splice locations at the harness level (where a splice is placed on the wire harness) &bull Define customer-directed components &bull Define retention and covering components (convolute, tape, etc.) to be used on the wire harness &bull Initiate NCRs (New Component Requests) and interface with Advanced Purchasing, Provisional Component Engineering, and ComBU for the development and approval of new-tooled components

Customer Change Control &bull Maintain customer part release system per statement of work &bull Communicate to customer the content and status of the design, design changes, and build requirements &bull Provide customer responses for cost studies &bull Update engineering issues in customer change management systems (e.g., CN, EWO, WERS, AIMS, etc.) &bull Release non-Yazaki parts (screws, standard parts, etc.) into the customer system per statement of work

Customer and Internal Design Requirements &bull Ensure design meets customer and internal requirements &bull Collaborate with Systems Engineer to review customer product letters and determine complexity levels &bull Create and submit in BEAMS print markups for product designs that meet customer specifications and requirements, including DFA (Design for Vehicle Assembly) &bull Collaborate with DVP&R (Design Verification Process & Report) team to validate customer requirements &bull Develop and maintain program-specific, harness DFMEAs (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) &bull Evaluate information provided by the customer as applied to the product/project for completeness and accuracy &bull Initiate customer plant trials, document results of the trial, and obtain customer sign-off &bull Support assembly plant instructions for customer per statement of work

Engineering Customer Interface &bull Lead customer interface for technical issues and program engineering deliverables &bull Represent YNA Engineering at customer change control meetings (e.g., PMT, PAT, etc.) and design reviews (e.g., technical design review, digital buck review, system compatibility review, etc.) &bull Represent YNA manufacturing to customer to support YNA DFM (Design for Manufacturing) guidelines &bull Support vehicle builds and launches at customer pilot and assembly plants

Continuous Improvement of the Design &bull Generate cost savings ideas and attend VAVE (Value Analysis Value Engineering) workshops &bull Trace technical issues and problems to root cause &bull Support customer initiatives such as cost and warranty reduction activities, etc.

Degree Requirements: BSEE, BSME or equivalent experience

Travel Requirements: As required

On Call Requirements: As required

Physical Requirements: Ability to troubleshoot and rework wire harnesses, in warehouses or assembled on vehicles, during wire harness or vehicle builds

Ability to lift wire harness assemblies up to 40 pounds

Ability to climb inside of vehicles to troubleshoot and rework

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Proficient in the use of internal change management system and process

• Proficient in the use of customer engineering systems (change management, issue management, part numbers, and sales codes)

• Understand the customer change management process -

• Understand the vehicle assembly process (prototype, pre-production, production & trials)

• Understand design for vehicle assembly principles

• Understand the wire harness manufacturing process

• Understand design for manufacturing principles

• Understand customer specifications

• Understand YNA specifications

• Proficient in DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)

• Understand the DVP (Design Verification Process)

Please be advised that successful candidates prior to beginning any employment must be able to provide the appropriate legal documentation to support their eligibility for employment in the United States without the need for company sponsorship.

Yazaki is a global leader in the research, development and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions. Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer in the world, and we've strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 83-year history. Today, we're on the lookout for energetic people with the potential to perform, as well as the ability to strengthen - and thrive in - the positive work environment we pride ourselves on., Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.