Senior Product Design Engineer, Body Systems (CATIA/NX)

• Do you translate customer requirements into elegant, manufacturable automotive exterior designs?
• Can you own CAD data from concept through PDP gated release while keeping timing, cost, and documentation on track?
• Are you energized by VA/VE, cross-functional reviews, and mentoring others?

If yes, you’ll feel right at home at Magna Exteriors, where Design Engineers transform ideas into production-ready body system solutions.

What you’ll do

• Prepare comprehensive detail and layout drawings for prototypes and existing products using CATIA/NX and related CAD tools.
• Release internal/external CAD and drawing packages to support new product launches; sustain production with customer-driven VA/VE initiatives and on-site support for CI events.
• Lead and contribute to design reviews and surveillance activities; partner with Program Management to ensure PDP gate readiness; track objectives, schedules, and costs.
• Document everything-drawings, renderings, reports-per customer and company standards; keep a precise record of decisions and program accountabilities.
• Develop and maintain 3D models, layouts, and assemblies; perform cost studies and tolerance stack-ups; produce layout and assembly drawings.
• Advise customer design teams and Magna PM on best-in-class parameters when proposals may challenge manufacturability or total cost.
• Champion continuous improvement, process development, and product cost analysis; research and recommend enhancements.
• Invent patentable solutions and navigate patent submissions, approvals, and tracking with Magna and the USPTO.
• Collaborate with Product and Manufacturing Engineering to envision future concepts and advanced systems with strong DfM.
• Execute Change Requests (CR) and Change Notices (CN) via the Magna Change X tool.
• Capture best practices and lessons learned to elevate other programs.
• Support prototype, pre-production, and production build events as needed.
• Protect intellectual property and contribute to departmental goals as assigned.
• Develop trusted relationships with internal and external customers.
• Assist Program Management with product/process development, including prototype tooling and builds.

Your PDP / TraX ownership

You’ll operate within Magna’s Product Delivery Process (PDP) and the TraX online requirements system, leading these elements: ME-003: Intellectual Property / Patent Searches ME-030: Critical Design Review (CDR) ME-035: CAE (Moldflow, FEA, Warpage Analysis, Other) ME-039: Customer Design Freeze ME-040: Data Release

Do you have experience in Schedule management?, * Education: Bachelor’s in Engineering or a Technical field (required)

• Experience: 4-9 years (required)
• Microsoft tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word proficiency (required)
• Travel: Limited; may visit suppliers/customers as needed
• Work environment: Comfortable on the manufacturing floor for extended periods during pre/post-production and launch; able to occasionally lift/move up to 35 lbs; willing to support at customer sites when requested
• Customer/supplier interface: Skilled
• New product launch: Skilled
• Gated launch: Skilled
• Automotive OEM: Skilled
• CAD (CATIA/NX/other): Skilled
• Typical scope: Moderate complexity, independent execution, program leadership without mentorship; decisions can have lasting impact., * Education: Bachelor’s in Engineering or a Technical field (required)
• Experience: 10+ years (required)
• Microsoft tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word proficiency (required)
• Travel: Limited; may visit suppliers/customers as needed
• Work environment: Comfortable on the manufacturing floor for extended periods during pre/post-production and launch; able to occasionally lift/move up to 35 lbs; willing to support at customer sites when requested
• Customer/supplier interface: Expert, * Communication (English): Clear writing, careful listening, and professional presence in one-on-one settings.
• Ethics & drive: Integrity-led, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity., * CAD knowledge
• Solid mathematics
• GD&T fundamentals and blueprint literacy
• Capability to support/maintain DFMEA, Open Issue Lists, and schedules

Desired / Recommended

• Membership in a professional Design Engineering organization
• ASME GD&T certification

You’re proficient in

• GD&T
• OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing)
• Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Supplier Management
• CAD Software
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
• Product Design Experience
• Engineering Degree
• Supplier Negotiation Experience

Machines & technologies

• NX CAD (Siemens)

3.53.5 out of 5 stars Holland, MI 49424 $90,000 - $110,000 a year