Main Responsibilities, Requirements, and Competencies
Essential Functionsof Job:
    Supervisory Capacity:        No Supervisory Responsibilities
•    Understandinternal and external customer design requirements.
•    Create design.
•    Communicate design.
•    Validate design.
•    Launch product.
•    Utilize PRP to guide Launch Process.
•    Capture lessons learned.
•    Develop tactical plans to meet deliverables.
•    Deliver design within engineering budget and BOM cost targets.
 

Additional Responsibilities: 
•    Communicate effectively both internally and externally.
•    Apply structured problem-solving methods for issue resolution.
•    Manage program risk
Essential Common Requirements for all Employees:   

•    International Operating System (IOS):Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements.
•    Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
•    Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-relatedProduct Safety requirements.
•    Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
•    Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements.
•    Must comply with all company policies and procedures.  
•    Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete job duties on time.
•    Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels.
•    Ability tomaintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be at assigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

ECMLevel    All Employee 
Specific Requirements
Required Education Level     Bachelor's Level Degree
Area of Study:     mechanical engineering, or equivalent degree in a technical field (manufacturing, mechanical, chemical, materials science, industrial & operations, etc.) 
*Equivalent work experience may also be considered for certain positions.

Required Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge)   

1 -3 Minimum Years of Experience in automotive interiors. 
1-3 Minimum Years of Experience within the automotive industry
Must be able and willing to travel and work at customersites, including industrial manufacturing plants which might require climbing, lifting, or workingin confined spaces.
Preferred Qualifications (Experience Level, Skills, Knowledge)    

•    Experience leading programs with full engineering responsibility.
•    Good PC-Skills (Word, Excel, MS Project).
Physical Ability Requirements    Stationary Position (Sitting or Standing):                           Frequently
Movement (Walking):                                                                                                            Frequently
Communication (Seeing/Talking/Hearing):                                                                           Frequently
Use Hands/Fingers (Operate computer, printer, phone):                                                      Frequently 

Language Required and Preferred    Required:         English (Fluency with Reading, Writing, Speaking)