CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
•Help design and launch parts for new battery products become a mechanical design engineer for part design, reliability & safety testing, and more
•Help the local design team for design-changes, trials, deviations/dispositions, root-cause analysis, etc
•Support local supply-chain parts readiness & quality need to wear multiple hats at times and overlap with SIE/Quality teams
•Sustaining design work BOM changes, part revisions, drawing revisions, scrappy bench-tests to characterize part/product problems, factory or field teardowns, etc.
•Create feedback loop between manufacturing and design and make necessary improvement to specs/drawings accordingly
•Collaborate with process engineering team to create and implement module rework lines, including kicking-off necessary testing to validate these rework methods
•Fully understand the factory process and equipment
•First-responder to yield excursions
•Root-Cause & Corrective Analysis for production issues
•Battery teardowns for field and factory failures
•Participate in design review and change control
•Support new line FATs
•Disposition of non-conforming material
•Own product improvements (cost, complexity reductions), scope dependent upon skill level
•Own and refine product specifications
•Participate in DFMEA’s and support PFMEA’s
•Analyze field reliability data of China market and drive improvements
•Own basic on-site component and system level testing to support design and specification changes
•Visit suppliers for part qualifications, design change reviews, line audits, etc.
REQUIREMENTS
•Bachelor degree or above in ME
•Technical fluency in either English or Mandarin (both languages together is a plus)
•Strong engineering fundamentals in heat transfer, fluids, mechanics, and electronics
•Proficiency in CAD modeling. CATIA V5/V6 experience a plus but not mandatory
•Proficiency with statistics and data analysis
•Demonstrated hands-on abilities