{"id":2164,"date":"2023-08-17T19:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T23:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:40:36","slug":"mechanical-design-engineer-225269-automotive-oem-tier-1-willing-to-relo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/mechanical-design-engineer-225269-automotive-oem-tier-1-willing-to-relo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical Design Engineer (225269) Automotive OEM, Tier 1 \/ Willing to Relo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mechanical Design Engineer with 20+ years of experience designing instrument panels, consoles, door trim, and other products for FORD, Rousch, and Toyota.<\/strong> He has a track record of solving design problems with fit, finish, and assembly. He has worked with a variety of plastics used in products for consumer goods, automotive, and medical applications. <\/strong>He recently completed a contract and is interested in exploring a new opportunity. His technical, plastics, design, and industry experience make him a strong candidate for any manufacturing team. He is willing to relocate. His notable experience includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 CATIA V5 Engineering Designer
\u2022 Engineer and design overhead console for GM.
\u2022 Design tools for the manufacturing of these filters.
\u2022 Led teams in building prototype instrument panels, consoles, and door trim,
\u2022 Built Mustang instrument panels, consoles, and door trim for the 2017 model.
\u2022 Built F150 instrument panels, consoles, and door trim for the 2017 model.
\u2022 Worked with production suppliers\/tool sources to solve tooling issues prior to production.
\u2022 Built\/Heavily modified DV instrument panels for multiple vehicle lines.
\u2022 Worked with production to get tools modified for a prototype build for Mustang door trim and changed back for production.
\u2022 Led teams using CATIA V5 in A-surface, part design, tooling feasibility, the release of drawings for production, packaging components in instrument panels and consoles, and design for assembly.
\u2022 Managed eight designers.
\u2022 Redesigned Ford Focus console in three months\u2019 time to meet production deadline. The normal timeframe is two years.
o Ran testing on the design to determine the reliability
o Participated in brainstorming sessions with the team to solve durability issue
o Designed and developed prototype tools for submitting to vendor
o Determined feasibility for assembly to resolve building issue
o Had parts hand-fabricated by a third-party vendor to verify suitability for the project
\u2022 Improved quality by 15% and part-fit on tool refurbishing project for Crown Victoria instrument panel.
\u2022 Conducted fit-and-finish checks on mating components
\u2022 Performed design, assembly, and tooling feasibility on new model programs.
\u2022 Managed all current model design teams at the Saline, Michigan plastic parts manufacturing plant.
\u2022 Saved 20% by implementing ideas from cost-reduction teams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Product Design
\u2022 Injection Molding Tooling Design
\u2022 Designing Injection Molds
\u2022 Automotive Plastic Components
\u2022 Medical Plastic Component
\u2022 Consumer Goods Plastic Components
\u2022 Material Testing
\u2022 Reverse Engineering
\u2022 Part Feasibility
\u2022 Testing Molds
\u2022 Interacting With Client Engineers
\u2022 Investigating New Technologies
\u2022 Developing Molding Processes
\u2022 Developing New Solutions With Existing Technology
\u2022 Providing Input On New Or Alternative Materials
\u2022 Understands the function of all standard mold components.
\u2022 Updating Existing Molds
\u2022 Experimental Designs
\u2022 Mold Design Layouts
\u2022 Single Cavity Injection Mold
\u2022 Multi Cavity Injection Mold
\u2022 2 Plate Injection Mold
\u2022 Collaborating With Client Engineers
\u2022 SPC Statistical Process Control
\u2022 Improving Design, manufacturability, or cost reduction.
\u2022 Tolerance Analysis
\u2022 Tooling Trials
\u2022 Providing Engineering Support
\u2022 Injection Molding Processes
\u2022 GD&T
\u2022 Engineering Change Requests
\u2022 Troubleshooting Dies
\u2022 Safety Operating Process Manuals
\u2022 3D Modeling Software
\u2022 AutoCAD
\u2022 CATIA
\u2022 Inventor
\u2022 Solidworks Plastics Standard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Acrylic (PMMA)
\u2022 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
\u2022 Nylon (Polyamide, PA)
\u2022 Polycarbonate (PC)
\u2022 Polyethylene (PE)
\u2022 Polypropylene (PP)
\u2022 Polystyrene (PS)
\u2022 Rubber
\u2022 Latex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Teamcenter Engineering Software
\u2022 CATIA V5 Solid modeling software
\u2022 IDEAS\/SDRC Solid modeling software
\u2022 W.E.R.S. World Engineering Release System
\u2022 Advanced PDGS surface software
\u2022 ICEM Surf, Class A-surface development software
\u2022 Design for Assembly Class
\u2022 Design for Manufacturing Class
\u2022 QS9000
\u2022 GD&T, Geometric Dimensioning, and Tolerance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mechanical Design Engineer with 20+ years of experience designing instrument panels, consoles, door trim, and other products for FORD, Rousch, and Toyota. He has a track record of solving design problems with fit, finish, and assembly. He has worked with a variety of plastics used in products for consumer goods, automotive, and medical applications. He…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307],"tags":[29,34,41,151,262,267,697,740],"class_list":["post-2164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","tag-oem","tag-automotive","tag-design","tag-tier-1","tag-plastic","tag-mechanical-engineer","tag-will-relo","tag-catia"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2165,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2164\/revisions\/2165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}