Senior Design Engineer
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7 Research Dr, Greenville, SC 29607, USAJob DescriptionPosted Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 5:00 AMSummary/PurposeThe position provides technical leadership and expertise in support of bearing design for the automotive market.This position has overall responsibility for supporting JTEKT bearing designs including hub units and chassis bearings.Essential Duties and Accountabilities:

Design new or apply existing bearing designs to meet customer application and product requirements.

Support development, validation testing, and launch of new bearing designs.

Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve engineering design standards, engineering efficiency, and product performance.

Identify and drive initiatives to continuously improve manufacturability and profitability of existing and new designs.

Provide engineering support to manufacturing, sales & customers for maintenance of existing production designs.

Collect, document, interpret, and analyze customer inputs to develop design requirements.

Provide technical proposals that include bearing selection, bearing analysis, test planning, and installation recommendations to meet customer requirements.

Contribute to testing to confirm designs and design changes meet internal/external requirements.

Utilize problem-solving tools and data analytics to guide the investigations for post-test bearing damage.

Contribute to design reviews with internal/external global teams.

Review and support the updates of design (change) requests and examination requests for compliance with internal/external requirements.

Review and update new designs to ensure compliance with internal/external requirements.

Release drawings and related outputs using JTEKT systems.

Demonstrate knowledge of and conformance to internal/external engineering standards and quality systems.

Create or modify JTEKT engineering standards as needed.Supervisory Responsibilities:This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Reading and drafting drawings skills.

Working knowledge of computer-aided design (CAD), word-processing, database, and spreadsheet programs.

Technical writing skills.

Strong problem-solving and data analytical skills.

Strong self-starter, action-oriented, and results-driven.

Must be able to support cross-functional teams with members from various levels within organizations to achieve common goals.

Must be able to work with minimum supervision.

Ability to self-prioritize and handle multiple projects.

Excellent project and time management skills.

Must have a strong desire to learn new skills and demonstrate newly learned skills.

Global interpersonal, oral/written communication, and planning/organization skills.

Highly self-motivated and able to work in a team environment.

Basic knowledge of applicable IATF 16949/ISO 90001 specific procedures and elements.Education:BS in Engineering or Engineering Technology.Work Environment/Physical Demands:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.7 Research Dr, Greenville, SC 29607, USA #J-18808-Ljbffr