Education, knowledge, skills and abilities

·         BS Mechanical Engineering or Metallurgy, Materials Science.  MS preferred.

·         Minimum of 2 years of proven experience in automotive BIW, Closures and Chassis development and implementation into production applications with a strong sense and business case development.

·         Ability to use and navigate common CAD system tools like CATIA V5, UGNX and business software packages like MS Office.

Must have a good understanding of sheet metal forming principals, HSS and AHSS materials commonly used in today’s applications and be able to recommend material alternatives based on application and product geometry.

·         Experience with automotive OEM material specifications preferred.

Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills are required with the ability to work with various levels of customer and corporate management to ensure implementation.

·         Must be able to collaborate and work in a team environment with a high level of interpersonal skills and able to create technical reports and have high presentation skills.

·         High level of analytical ability where problem solving is a must.