Product Development Engineer (D&R)

Package and integrate SDS components/modules within the vehicle, optimizing for sensor field of view, structure, and service/assembly access.​

• Communicate and negotiate technical base-vehicle changes with OEM partner Hyundai, including structure, trim, electrical, and cleaning package interfaces.​
• Engineer structural integration elements including roof pod, rear bumper/fascia, tailgate-mounted, fender pod, front bumper/fascia, front grill pod, and trunk/interior package structures, plus A-surface enclosures.​
• Integrate SDS modules (camera, radar, lidar, audio), cleaning system components, thermal management provisions, driver monitoring system, and market-specific taxi meters.​
• Manage issues in the client’s Buganizer system through to closure, and support DFMEA management and close-out.​
• Own parts through successful Beta/PP/Production release, ensuring on-time delivery and conformance to component, system,and vehicle-level requirements.​
• Lead DFM assessments appropriate to prototype methods of manufacture (e.g., PU-poured, machined-from-billet, or 3D-printedparts).​
• Support incoming vehicle measurement, first point of contact for manufacturing, root cause analysis, 8D problem-solving, and corrective action proposals.​
• Prepare and present engineering Change Requests (CRs) when Hyundai base-vehicle changes are required.​
• Support Alpha DVP completion and author/own the Beta DVP, tracking validation tasks through to completion and documenting results.​
• Collaborate with the client's CAE team by sharing geometry, materials, and specifications to support structural, thermal, and aero analysis (CAE itself is out of scope for the vendor).
• Collaborate with the client’s EDS team on harness routing and package space for service lengths.​
• Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of automotive design/release engineering experience, ideally in exterior trim, structures, or sensor integration.​
• Proficiency in CATIA and experience releasing components through a PLM system (Enovia or equivalent).​
• Experience taking components from concept through Alpha/Beta prototype builds to production release (PPAP).​
• Working knowledge of DFM principles across casting, injection molding, 3D printing, and machined-prototype methods.​
• Experience with supplier-facing design negotiation, DVP/DFMEA processes, and issue-tracking systems.​​​
• 8 months contract ​