.**Job Title**: Design Engineer + Program Manager**Division**: Automotive**Lo**c**ation**: Guanajuato, Mexico**Reports To**: Director of Automotive Sales and Engineering**Summary**Become the product owner through Design, Development, and Validation of Stainless-Steel Bellows (dynamic couplings in gas/fluid systems) for the Automotive market segments. Work locally and globally in an innovative environment using both empirical and analytic methods to design, validate and verify product durability using customer and internal requirements. Formulate reports and communicate results to technical and non-technical persons.In addition; this role will be responsible for the planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and close out of assigned proposals, development, and production programs. This position will be responsible for the achievement of customer and internal business case objectives by working across all the business functions to formulate both strategic vision and tactical direction for the assigned programs and projects.**Essential Functions**:**(Primary) Product Design**:- Lead and collaborate cross functionally with engineering, program management, quality, and manufacturing to lead NPD/NPI projects from conception through production launch, while using ABI's Product Development Process.- Identify opportunities for new and/or improvements to existing technologies, tools, or processes- Lead and collaborate with Tier 1 / OEM's to determine necessity and/or feasibility of integrating a Flex Joint to satisfy internal and external DVP&R requirements including but not limited to corrosion, movement capabilities, full system response (low and high frequency), thermal boundary requirements, gas flow constraints, and fatigue life.- Lead and participate in cross-functional design reviews for new (initial release) and change requests.- Responsible for accurate bill of materials (BOM) for all initial releases and design changes (ECR).- Support APQP teams with prototype and development drawings for quotations and other new business opportunities using best engineering judgement and analysis through fatigue and motion theory.- Create complete, accurate 2D drawing sets and BOMs with proper GD&T, tolerance stack-up, and compliance to global standards.- Organize the exchange of 3d models and 2D drawing to/from customers and vendors to insure utilization of latest design revision. Ensure that 2D drawings and 3D CAD models requested by customer engineering comply with all requirements.- Review, interpret, and react to customer data to drive product development progression.- Prepare written documents such as standard operating procedures, memos, reports, and technical knowledge transfer documentation.- Negotiate and mediate best GD&T solution internally with quality and manufacturing and/or externally with suppliers for functionality and economical manufacturability.- Gatekeeper and local manager of EPDM database containing all CAD drawings