System Application Engineer

Overview

Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12
10% Travel

Skills

CAD
computer-aided design and drafting (CADD)

Job Details

Position Summary: The System Application Engineer is responsible for representing internal engineering and

business departments while supporting on-site customer product development initiatives, ensuring the seamless

and timely integration of Client products into customer engineering projects, and serving as a customer liaison for all

engineering applications during product development.

Position Responsibilities:

Create and maintain application checklist for all the Clients products

Work with aftermarket team to come up with aftermarket support

In-vehicle and simulation/bench performance calibration of the steering system-based algorithms to meet

both objective and subjective customer and Clients performance specifications

Create test specifications and procedures and review/approve system level requirements

Identify software, hardware, and system level issues and utilize critical thinking process to perform root

cause analysis

Perform in-vehicle validation by driving tests, analyzing vehicle data, and providing appropriate feedback

internally and to the customer

Communicate on status of testing, releases, and vehicle evaluations through formal and informal reports

internally and to the customer

Coordinates with Sales & Program Management by supporting new acquisition business

Convey Clients design/system/software requirements to the customer, including reserving packaging space for

Clients steering components.

Interact with the customer's various engineering organizations, to support mechatronics and software

development to support Client products.

Communicate customer design not limited to mechanical direction and changes to the Clients engineering

team, including system engineering.

Lead on-site vehicle calibrations for software tuning of steering systems.

Convey Clients design requirements to the customer, including reserving packaging space for Clients steering

components.

Interact with the customer's various engineering organizations, such as Chassis, Column team, steering

team

Create 3D CAD engineering models of mechanical packaging concepts. Create prototype and/or

production-level CAD models and design documentation. Provide these models to our customers and Clients's

engineering teams.

Communicate customer design direction and changes to the Clients engineering team, including program

management, system engineering, quality, and sales.

Prepare technical proposals to support RFQs and promote ZF's steering technologies to customers

Conduct design reviews and program reviews with a customer on a regular basis

Maintain open issues lists for supported programs.

Facilitate the transfer of CAD files, specifications, change requests, roll-out plans, software tools, etc.,

between the customer and Clients using data exchange systems as necessary.

Efficiently manage processes between customer development and Clients.

Leads research and the preparation of reports on the ability and capacity of ZF's products and competing

products.

Participation in the sales process by providing technical support and pricing to Sales Managers in a timely

fashion.

Oversee Steering programs execution process to meet timing, budget, technical performance, and product

quality requirements.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Bachelors Degree (Mechanical/Mechatronics preferred) Required

Automotive/Commercial vehicle experience Required

Good understanding of vehicle communication networks (CAN/CAN-FD/Ethernet), Linear Algebra,

Calculus, and Trigonometry preferred

General knowledge of automotive standards (J1939, UDS) preferred

Experience with automotive tools (Vector/PEAK/etc) and Mathworks Matlab/Simulink a plus

Communication Skills - Required

Minimum of 5 years of experience - Required

Preferred Skills and experience:

DOOR experience is plus

Computer Aided Design (CAD)- Preferred

Understanding of Matlab/SOMAT fundamentals

Commercial Driver's License required; may obtain immediately after hiring

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