.Over 100 years of innovation, experience and industry leadership. Our cutting-edge products and technologies are used by the most successful manufacturers in the automotive industry, including General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis.This is your opportunity to join STRATTEC as a **Product Engineer(Latches).****Objetive**:Perform product engineering functions as directed by the engineering manager.**Main activities**:- Begins to mentor other team members as directed by Engineering Manager.- Supports Product strategy activities as directed by Engineering Manager.- Responsible for product design, engineering and development of assigned programs.- Creates and maintains DFMEA.- Initiates Engineering Change Notices for engineering changes.- Leads multi-disciplined design reviews on programs assigned.- Understands, interprets, and applies design solutions based on CAE analysis.- Maintains BOM on assigned products.- Writes Engineering Change Orders for engineering changes.- Coordinates prototype builds on assigned programs, including development of prototype build control plan.- Works closely with manufacturing engineers and purchasing on component procurement.- Performs Design Review by Test Result (DRBTR) teardown analysis of passing and failing test parts.- Performs root cause analysis for test or production issues.- Monitors individual program status and reports this information to Engineering Manager and Program Manager.- Represents STRATTEC in weekly Program Development Team meetings with customer.- Utilizes the STRATTEC Program Development Process (PDP) for program implementation.- Utilizes the STRATTEC Knowledge Management System (SKMS) for communicating engineering-related program deliverables.- Reports progress to manager both verbally and in writing as required.- Generates and implements cost reduction ideas.- Uses engineering tools and methods to assure design quality, mentors others in there use and learning of these tools.- Periodic travel to customer, suppliers, other STRATTEC/VAST facilities is required (~10%).- Leads VAST initiatives and global teams as required.- Interfaces with global customers, partners, and suppliers as required.**Requirements**:- Electromechanical engineering- 5-15 years minimum experience in product development required- Conversational English. Professional interpretation.- Previous project leadership required- Product design experience of electro-mechanical systems is preferred- Ability to effectively represent information and respond to questions in a meeting environment.**Knowledge**:- Conceptualize, plan and develop small electro-mechanical devices and mechanisms.- Perform strength of material and static force calculations.- DFMEA, DFM, DFA- GD&T principles.- Design for manufacturability/assembly (mechanisms, metal stampings, plastic injection molded parts, die cast parts, gears etc).The position is developed on Facility 3, located at Av