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Connect to the future.\nCountry: Portugal (PT)\nCity: Ovar\nWorksite / Location: Ovar PTC\nJob Function: EDS_Engineering\nJob Discipline:\nJob Family: D&D\nFounded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Complexity Development Engineer in our plant in [[location]].\nPorto Technical Centre is the largest Yazaki global engineering services provider, that offers high-tech product development capabilities, translating customer specific needs into efficient production concepts, while consolidating and developing EDS expertise across plants on the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. We are currently seeking high potential candidates to join us through Complexity Engineering team, reporting directly to the area supervisor.\nPosition Mission: Responsible for managing product release and complexity activities throughout the vehicle development lifecycle, ensuring accurate Bill of Material (BoM) validation, usage alignment, part number management and product data integrity, while interacting with multiple stakeholders to ensure quality and compliance.\nMain tasks & responsibilities:\nEngineering & Product Development\nManage product release activities, ensuring timely and accurate part creation, validation and approval throughout the program lifecycle.\nPerform BoM, usage, and configuration validation to ensure product data accuracy, consistency and compliance with customer and engineering requirements.\nLead complexity management activities for wire harnesses and EDS components, maintaining alignment between product features, usage definitions and vehicle configurations.\nCoordinate engineering changes, release documentation and product updates through internal systems, supporting prototype, pre-production and production builds.\nAnalyse and resolve product data, release and configuration issues, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive effective solutions.\nTeam & Cross Functional Support\nInteract and collaborate with various stakeholders including customers (OEMs), CSC and manufacturing plants.\nEnsure effective information sharing among department members and cross-functional teams.\nPromote improvement activities related to engineering product development and definition.\nBusiness & Project Management\nPerform administrative tasks to control the complete engineering process and workflow.\nMonitor and report project progress, risks and issues, escalating where necessary.\nEnsure adherence to agreed deadlines with customers and internal stakeholders.\nRequirements:\nAcademic Background\nDegree in Mechanical, Electrical or Electromechanical.\nTechnical Skills\nSolid knowledge of MS Office, especially Excel (advanced level).\nGood knowledge of 2D Design Tools (e.g. AutoCAD or equivalent).\nKnowledge of quality tools: FMEA, PDCA and 8D methodology.\nUnderstanding of automotive engineering standards and product change management processes.\nLanguages\nAdvanced English (spoken and written) and/or German.\nSoft Skills\nHigh attention to detail and accuracy.\nStrong communication and interpersonal skills for customer and stakeholder interaction.\nAbility to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.\nDynamism, resilience and self-discipline.\nStrong time-management and team-working skills.\nAvailability to travel if required.\nAt Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.\nWe are looking forward to receiving your application and to get to know you. Please apply by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. We wish you all the success in your application!\nPs. Didn't find what you are looking for?\nTake a look at our careers page! 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