Location：Suzhou

Responsibilities:

• Goal achievement 

-Achieve strategic and operational goals for the Engineering Team China 

-Define clear goals and to generate new business in line with the strategy

• Concept development during RFQ period

-Product feasibility assessment

-Develop the flow, concept of product/process/tool

• Product Development & Realization

-Provide and develop an efficient product development process 

-Responsible for the implementation of customer projects (time, cost) up to series validation

• Design mgt. & Coordination

-Manage design projects

-Cooperation & coordination with partners inside and outside the DSS organization during product development

• Leadership of the engineering organization 

-Strategy compliant and results oriented leadership of the engineering organization Mobility China

-Responsible for a competent, professional, and efficient organization 

• Communication & Reporting

-Technical communication & advise customer on specific related issues

-Support commercial and business development activities in the areas of new products & technologies

-Communicate with a multi-disciplinary team (business development, R&D material, regulatory experts, simulation, tooling, operations…) 

-Reporting on the current product development as well as defined process KPI's

• Support in Projects:

-Create project reporting to review process KPI's and initiates necessary corrective actions

-Supervise the team in the implementation of projects

-Assistance in CIP projects

• Team Management & Development

-Build and develop a competent and capable team

-Monitor and support the team in relevant negotiations

-Responsible for the necessary employee development

-Promote co-engineering and train program managers accordingly

Qualifications:

• Technical education with Bachelor degree or above (Master of Engineering or business administration is preferred)

• Very good technical knowledge in the automotive segment

• Experience in Plastics/Rubber Production

• Several years’ experience of engineering in automotive industry

• Confident handling of the latest EDP tools

• Proven ability to lead a team 

• Feels comfortable in different cultural environments

• Openness & willingness to business travel

• Interest in regular training and development activities

• Rich experience in engineering or R&D, in mobility or similar industries, more than 2 years’ experience in Product design related to rubber products

• Experience in EVs, battery systems and subcomponents and hydrogen technologies are a major advantage

• Proficient in using Solidworks CAD (or UG, CREO, CATIA drawing tools as option)

• Able to make product design (3D-modeling and drawings), DFMEA, and DOE

• Deep understanding of rubber knowledge (especially material mechanics, rubber product structural design, rubber processing, rubber mold structure, etc.)

• FEA Analysis basic knowledge

• Common understanding of IATF16949 system, quality tools, quality problems of rubber products

• Proficient use of office software 

• Driven, purposeful and communicative personality