Application and CAD Engineer

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• New product development as per Dana’s APQP structure
• Support Technical Development Managers during the industrialization of the design
• Support production during industrializations, pre-series production
• Contact suppliers to clarify technical details, feasibility
• Organize prototype builds, tests & CAD design iterations
• Support customer and program needs through customer and plant visits
• Establish and maintain positive customer relations, through analysis and resolutions of customer issues
• Communicate customer expectations and technological trends to group engineering, sales, and production plants
• Coordinate customer responses, relying on effective communication with Advanced Engineering, Sales, and the production plants
• New project handover to production and support also serial production
• Lead and Coordinate Change Management projects
• Designing and modeling of the new products, existing products and its test fixtures
• Receiving and transmitting the CAD files among internal and external partners
• Draw 2D drawings according to the standards in place (e.g. GD&T)
• Realize and document the 3D models and the 2D drawings (with dimensioning and tolerancing) by keeping the requirements expressed and respect the deadlines by the requestor
• Manages the computer (workstation) equipped with CAD software
• Manages the CAD softwares, its licenses in order to keep it up-to-date and working
• Know how to use CAD environments, receiving / transmitting CAD documents via different systems (Creo / Catia)

Education and Qualifications

• University degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
• Knowledge of material forming techniques (stamping, bending, laser cutting)
• Min. 3 years of experience in Automotive Industry (as CAD, product, process or project engineer)
• Knowledge of technical designing, sizing and tolerancing acc.to ISO standards (GD&T)
• CAD software knowledge of Creo and/or CATIA or Inventor
• Knowledge in combustion engine and E-mobility is preferred
• Metallurgical knowledge is preferred
• Experience in project management and APQP, IATF16949; advanced PC skills
• Superior communication skills, self-starter, and results-orientated personality
• Strong analytical, problem solving and inter-personal skills
• Language skills: fluency in English and preferably in German

Skills