•    Demonstrate expertise in steering wheel, driver, curtain, side, passenger and Knee airbag systems – “best practice” designs, legal validation requirements, North American customer standards, current industry trends, and our competitors’ technology.
•    Lead the design, validation, and release of steering wheel and airbag systems using the YF product development process.
•    Ensures documents, processes and proceduresare managed and maintained using all YFSS standards and systems (YFiOS, PMP, Lean, CPP, CMP, EPIC,BEP, etc.)
•    Understand the YF customers’ engineering organization and build relationships with the key engineering and technology “decision makers”.
•    Inform customer engineering and YF leadership of significant launch, production or timing related issues (“no surprises”).
•    Be the single point of customer contacton your programs.
•    Work with Program Management to ensure engineeringresources and budget goals are met from award through SOP. 
•    Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
•    Any and allother duties as assigned by your Manager.
 

Education: 

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor’s Degree Engineering (Mechanical, Aerospace or similar)
• Chinese and/ or Spanish language skills helpful, but not required
• PMP training or Program Management experience desired

Work Experience and Skills Required:

• 3-5+ years’ experience in the automotive industry, including at least two successful product launches – preferably with North American OEMs.
• Experience in steering wheel and/or airbag modules required.
• Experience with Curtain Airbag preferred.
• Experience leading programs and teams with full engineering responsibility.
• Airbag module testing and performance analysis experience.
• Knowledge of plastic part design for injection molding.
• Knowledge of Injection Mold Tooling (gates, parting lines, action, etc.) as it relates to part design.
• Plastic resin and materials selection knowledge as related to airbag modules and steering wheel components.
• Ability to develop component and sub-assembly GD&T tolerancing and tolerance stack-up studies in support of manufacturing & craftsmanship goals.
• Knowledge of leather- and PUR wrapping processes and design limitations for steering wheels and driver airbags.
• Experience using CAE as a design and product optimization tool.
• Ability to communicate in a professional and respectful manner in a team environment.  Identify and address issues in a direct, “data driven” manner.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic;“coaching” style.

Available as needed for domestic and international travel, up to 25%

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-related Product 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 employeesat all levels.
•    Ability to maintain 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).