Mechanical Lead Engineer - Automotive Industry

Come Innovate Motion with Us

At Johnson Electric, we work with the largest and greatest car manufacturers worldwide. Due to the expansion of our development globally and to maintain delivering high quality customer service and the best products to our partners,

we are now looking for a Mechanical Lead Engineer for our e-System Thermal division. 

Our Lead Engineers work directly with customers to understand their requirements, their needs, and then successfully convert these into the product design.

The Lead Engineers then manage the entire project, working with cross-functional teams, transferring knowledge to engineers to ensure we deliver the required product in time.

Your responsibilities:

• Successfully drive and manage the product development process for actuators and valves, while tracking against milestones and working within time and cost constraints

• Design: turn research ideas and customer needs into technical plans according to internal processes, including change management

• Testing/validation: track progress, review test results and communicate next steps or escalate if needed; reporting on regular basis to management and customers

• Quality: support in case of quality issues, identification of root cause and development of sorting methods

• Research and Development: collaborate with corporate engineering team for product development, collaborate with global engineering teams for components design and specifications, fixture designs and change management

• V Cycle, FMEA, PLM: document according to the development process, periodical updates and living documentation

• Environmental assessment: consider the environmental impact of new products and their manufacturing processes and how they would be safely disposed

• Define standard engineering process and best practice in the Lessons Learned Database and apply them to every new development

• Be the technical lead for all projects while adapting to the company's digital transformation and automation for Mechanics, HW Electronics, Software, DC-motor, Purchased components and others

• Leading by example, be the leader who supports others in succeeding, acting as a role model

Our requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in mechanical engineering or similar

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a modern manufacturing environment in the automotive industry (plastic and metal processing)

• Excellent working knowledge of 3D engineering tools (preferably Unigraphics NX); the ASPICE environment; and FMEA processes

• Experience in developing high volume series in the automotive field

• The ability to work independently and systematically

• Disciplined use of mandatory processes and natural authority

• A reliable, and conscientious personality who can successfully co-ordinate the work of globally situated teams 

• Excellent communication skills in English. Additional language is an advantage (French/German)                         

What we offer:

• A unique opportunity to be the person between two departments and be able to innovate & create

• A challenging, dynamic, and interesting role where you contribute to driving business success

• An exciting and very dynamic work environment

• A truly international and multicultural work context

Come join our global, inclusive & diverse team

Our purpose is to improve the quality of life of everyone we touch through our innovative motion systems. We are a truly global team bound together by our shared values. Our culture is built on the diversity, knowledge, skills, creativity, and talents that each employee brings to the company. Our people are our company’s most valuable asset. We are committed to providing an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace where employees of different backgrounds feel valued and respected, regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious background. We are committed to inspiring our employees to grow, act with ownership and find fulfilment and meaning in the work they do.