IMMI
Product Engineer - Seating (Transportation)
IMMI® is the trusted, global leader of safety solutions, helping to protect millions of lives every day. For almost sixty years, IMMI has led the way in developing, designing, testing and manufacturing innovative safety restraints and systems. IMMI's safety products are found worldwide on car seats, heavy trucks, school buses, recreational/off road, military, fire/EMS, motor coach, and construction vehicles. Privately owned, headquartered in Westfield, Indiana and operating eight additional global facilities, IMMI is also home to IMMI VIP steering wheels and CAPE®, the world's leading state-of-the-art testing facility.
IMMI is seeking a highly motivated Product Engineer, Complete Seating to support our Products Engineering team. The Product Engineer will interact with program management and R&D teams to develop a strong understanding of the projects and testing objectives. You will design products, create test conditions, procedures, methods and tools/scripts for verification/validation of the company's products all the way to production. This position will use their skills in designing and testing skills to determine the performance specification, cost, and timing to deliver top quality safety products to our clients.
RESPONSIBILITES
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering; Master's degree preferred
Minimum of 6 years' experience in the mechanical and/or automotive engineering field with 4+ years focusing on transportation seat system design and development
3+ years of experience in seat structure design and development – primarily for high volume products involving designing for processes such as forming, stamping, drawing, etc.
3+ years of experience in seat motion and/or feature adjustment mechanism design and development
3+ years of experience in design, development and/or integration of seat foam and plastic components
4+ years of experience and knowledge of 3D CAD software: CATIA V5 or SOLIDWORKS
Knowledge about industry/safety/regulatory standards: FMVSS, CMVSS, SAE, ASTM, etc.
Knowledge of FEA analysis, principles, material properties, and experience of implementing it for seat design.
Knowledge and experience in GD&T, DFMEA, DVP, APQP, QFD and other engineering tools
Understanding of manufacturing processes, DFA-DFM
Ability to travel up to 25% within and outside of the U.S. to various unanticipated project sites based on project needs
BENEFITS