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# Application Engineer - Transmission & Driveline

- **Company:** Stellantis
- **Location:** Auburn Hills, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computational Fluid Dynamics, Failure Mode Effects Analysis
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18830906/Application-Engineer-Transmission-Driveline-Michigan-Auburn-Hills

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related degree field
 * A minimum of 5 years of transmission/driveline experience
 * Working knowledge of powertrain, engine, and transmission operation.
 * Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
 * Ability to manage multiple complex projects.
 * Some supplier and assembly-plant travel, including Canada and Mexico

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Master's Degree
 * DFSS/Shainin Green or Black Belt, CAE/CFD experience, hands-on mechanical experience, electric-motor experience, DFMEA, DVP&R, and manufacturing/quality knowledge

## Description

* Own and develop the Applications Matrix across programs, variants, and vehicle platforms.
 * Coordinate vehicle packaging and clearance studies and lead advanced adaptation studies.
 * Negotiate vehicle requirements against transmission capabilities and limitations.
 * Own the Transmission Technical Specification (TTS) and communicate application requirements such as torque, NVH, fuel economy, tire size, final-drive ratio, and mass.
 * Define and track vehicle, system, and subsystem functional objectives.
 * Coordinate application-specific designs including torque converters, dampers, vents, LV/HV connections, brackets, transmission oil cooling, PIM/e-motor integration, controls, and calibration.
 * Support vehicle assembly plants, pilot builds, EOL testing, VIN marking, and build issues.
 * Lead build-readiness activities, prototype hardware procurement, ED&D requests, BRT prototype orders, and build-related transmission/parts logistics.