Description

General Description:

A Manager in the Chassis Development department leads a team of engineers and technicians and supports the management of staffing, budgeting, scheduling, objective goals, and future planning. Works with cross functional teams to ensure that the appropriate support is in place for each customer. Works cross functionally to ensure that best in class product performance and ride tuning is provided to all customers. This position requires expert knowledge with vehicle dynamics, shock tuning, brake calibration, data analysis, and test method development. The Ride Engineers are a part of the Vehicle Development team that work with cross-functional teams and customers to develop new technology, demo cars, and advanced systems. This position is responsible for delivering industry leading products and system performance utilizing optimization metrics and advanced systems/tools.

Up to 25% of travel required, including international.

Most importantly, this individual must be able to contribute to a fun and productive environment, maintain a positive attitude, and develop strong working relationships with colleagues and team members.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage resource forecasts, expenses, and equipment utilization.
• Evaluate and communicate product risk analysis.
• Create new policies and procedures to improve efficiency.
• Exhibits superior knowledge and execution of damper / ride development performance metrics, both Hitachi internal processes and customer processes.
• Develop strong working relationships with customers conveying both professionalism and strong product knowledge.
• Acts as advisor to engineering team members regarding projects, tasks, and operations and acts as a liaison to other engineering functions.
• Responsible for coordinating ride work activities with customer in support of determined program milestones.
• Directs the efforts of support technicians when conducting ride work at customer locations.
• Gather/analyze objective application data from lab and vehicle testing to support testing/tuning/evaluation.
• Analyze quality issues to determine root cause and present them to Core Engineering team.
• Run shock absorber testing using various types of shock absorber test machines.
• Operate computer-controlled test equipment and data acquisition systems.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills required.
• Manage >10 projects simultaneously with minimal oversight.
• Train, mentor, and share experience.
• Having a flexible schedule that allows for occasional travel, especially during the winter months.

This position potentially requires field support including Dearborn, Chelsea, and Milford. Non-Local travel includes Arizona, California, Ohio, Spain, Belgium, Germany, China, and Australia.

Qualifications:

• Expert tuning knowledge and understanding of the relation between shock performance and vehicle dynamics.
• Expert knowledge of shock fundamentals, concepts, and performance
• Expert knowledge of vehicle dynamics and objective/subjective vehicle evaluation
• Deep understanding of shock dynos and interpretation of dyno data
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and Minitab
• Proficient in data acquisition systems, sensors, and analysis software
• Understanding of algorithm tuning
• Strong software skills in system development and ride tuning tools (Vector CANape, CANalyzer, CarSim, Matlab, etc.)
• Must be highly detail oriented and organized, and able to apply work methods to maximize efficiency and minimize errors.
• Must be a self-starter that can be counted on to achieve goals on time and with minimal supervision.
• CAD software experience is a plus.
• Ability and desire to learn new skills quickly and apply them to daily work.
• Valid driving license and reliable transportation.
• Able to work effectively and accurately amidst distractions.
• Excellent work ethics and teamwork skills
• Hands-on and self-motivated

Additionally, the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong verbal and written communication skills. Experience with PCs and application software, such as MS Office tools is also required.

Education: Master of Science degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or related field of study

Experience: Minimum of 10+ years of shock tuning or vehicle dynamics experience, or both.

Job level determined by various factors such as organization size, responsibility, career stage, and capabilities.

Working conditions:

Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.

Travel: Domestic and international required as needed. Ability to travel and work for up to 2-3-week periods with little or no support, if required to support customer.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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