Lead Design Engineer- Mechanism’s / Seating:  responsible for the engineering and design of automotive seats, mechanisms and structures including the design, development, testing, validation and support of manufacturing for improvements of current systems and advanced development of new systems.

This position is responsible for design and development of new and carry-over applications of mechanisms and structures. This includes Seat Adjusters, Recliners, Head Restraints, Lumbar Mechanisms, Seat back latches, floor latches, etc. The engineer will be responsible for Complete mechanism product design in Cad including tolerance studies, packaging studies, fits, tool clearance and manufacturability. As well as engineering deliverables including product design, drawings and checking, product specification, analysis, PDFSS, DFMEA, DVP&R, and Safety Sign Offs and design objectives / program timing. Pugh analysis, root cause analysis, design guidelines, best practices, past program lessons learned, competitive product benchmarking information. Ensuring prototype samples meet appearance and functional performance standards and ensuring completion of appropriate product validation testing. Optimizing seat system weight, cost and part count. Using core components when possible.