About this opportunity
SEGULA Technologies lists this Design Release Engineer - Interior Pre program opportunity in auburn hills, Michigan. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position Summary
The Senior Pre-Program Design Release Engineer synthesizes early program targets (cost, mass, complexity) with advanced interior theme styling. This role drives early-phase feasibility decision-making, oversees initial CAD practices, and manages technical sourcing documentation to enable a robust style freeze and execution handover.
Key Responsibilities
Theme Feasibility: Synthesize program financial, mass, and complexity requirements with advanced interior design styling themes.
Incompatibility Escalation: Evaluate advanced interior themes against baseline program assumptions and escalates technical or financial incompatibilities.
Decision Frameworks: Drive In/Out/Explo decision-making matrices prioritizing quality, cost, timing, and functional performance.
Architecture & BOM: Define part breakup, joint interfaces, and assembly sequences for the interior Program of Record (POR).
Sourcing Documentation: Develop complete technical source packages including PBOM, eBOM, technical specification sheets, and preliminary DVP&Rs.
CAD Guidance: Oversee master section development and initial 3D CAD releases while ensuring compliance with corporate design practices.
Supplier Technical Reviews: Lead supplier technical reviews, rate assessments, and feasibility reviews prior to final sourcing.
Basic Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related field.
Experience: 8+ years of automotive product development or design release engineering experience.
Systems Expertise: Advanced knowledge of PLM systems (Teamcenter) and CAD modeling software (CATIA V5 or Siemens NX).
Manufacturing Depth: Strong understanding of DFM principles and interior processes (injection molding, plastic welding, foaming, vacuum forming, thermoforming).
BOM Management: Direct experience managing Preliminary BOMs (PBOM), Engineering BOMs (eBOM), and technical requirements packages.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
Direct pre-program or advanced engineering experience within an automotive OEM or Tier-1 supplier.
In-plant experience, including tool tryouts, prototype assembly, and assembly plant launches.
Deep familiarity with OEM style freeze milestones, theme evaluation, and surface criteria.
SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group, boosting the competitiveness of all major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, life sciences, and telecoms. With a presence in more than 30 countries and 140 locations worldwide, the Group prioritizes close relationships with its clients, driven by the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering player putting innovation at the heart of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies manages large-scale projects, ranging from initial studies to industrialization and production. SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES is dedicated to gender balance and diversity, recognizing and recruiting talent of all backgrounds.
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Worksite address
auburn hills, MI, 48326, US
Who can apply
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