The role involves designing and developing automotive exterior lighting components, leading concept development, and ensuring compliance with regulations while managing project lifecycle activities.
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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.
Job Responsibilities:
Department
EB-Exterior System Lighting
Designation
Sr. Designer( Sr Design Engineer)
Role Purpose
Design and development of automotive Exterior Lighting
Reporting to
Sr. Manager / Section Manager / Tech Lead
Responsibilities/ task
Key Responsibilities with brief description according to priority
Key Performance Indicators
Educational Qualification
No. of years of work experience
Critical Skill Sets (Technical)
• Good knowledge in CATIA V5/NX (3D + 2D).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Critical Skill Sets (Behavioral)
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Steyr
What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
As an engineering and manufacturing partner, Magna's Complete Vehicle group helps traditional OEMs and new entrants to bring their automotive visions to life. At Magna, you will work in an innovative, international and dynamic team, always pursuing the goal of delivering high-quality products. We work in a diverse environment with global development opportunities. Together with our employees we constantly strive to create a better world of mobility.
Job Responsibilities:
Department
EB-Exterior System Lighting
Designation
Sr. Designer( Sr Design Engineer)
Role Purpose
Design and development of automotive Exterior Lighting
Reporting to
Sr. Manager / Section Manager / Tech Lead
Responsibilities/ task
Key Responsibilities with brief description according to priority
- Design and development of Automotive Exterior Lighting components, including Headlamps, Tail lamps, and Signal lamps with various lighting technology e.g. Halogen, LED, Matrix etc.
- Lead the concept development, detailed design, and integration of Internal Components of various Exterior Light Modules etc.
- Should be able to design and develop the master section, concept detailing independently.
- Aware of lighting functions high/ low beam, DRL, fog, stop, tail signal functions etc.
- Knowledge of regulations ECE, SAE, NAS, FMVSS etc. applicable to lighting
- Aware of the RFQ, TKO, SOP process and project cycle.
- Candidate should have executed at least couple of related engineering projects throughout the product lifecycle.
- creation and modification of CAD models and drawings in required CAD software (Catia-V5/NX)
- To follow defined Magna Styer processes, customer standards and maintain quality and delivery targets in day-to-day customer deliveries.
- Coordinate with CAE, NVH, Crash, Manufacturing, Quality, and Serviceability teams for integrated vehicle performance
- Manage design feasibility with respect to joining techniques and assembly constraints
- Interact with suppliers and manufacturing, for tool validation, part feasibility, and cost optimization
- Support design validation activities including prototype builds, physical testing, and correlation with simulation
- Contribute to DFMEA, DVP, BOM generation, change management, and gate reviews
- Ensure compliance with regulatory crash, pedestrian safety standard
- Customer data management
- Perform quality check as per established guidelines.
- Guide, support and train Engineers & Junior Engineers in day-to-day design activities.
- Whenever required take responsibility of a product and manage small team to execute the tasks.
- Should be Flexible enough to take the job assignment at any customer location (Domestic & Global assignment) as mentioned in the appointment letter.
Key Performance Indicators
- On time delivery
- Zero quality issue
- Process compliance 100 %
Educational Qualification
- B.E., in Mechanical or Production or Industrial Engineering (college of technology / university OR
- Post Diploma / Diploma in Mechanical or Production or Industrial Engineering (college of technology / university)
No. of years of work experience
- 6.0 to 9.0 Years
Critical Skill Sets (Technical)
• Good knowledge in CATIA V5/NX (3D + 2D).
- Exposure to automotive Exterior Lighting engineering and design.
- Electrics / Electronics, PCBA design requirement, wire harness basic knowledge
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Team orientation and willingness to learn new skills.
- More than 6 years of total professional experience
- Experience of automotive plastic product design
- Knowledge of Release Process in either of Team Center / Enovia / PLM
- Knowledge of Requirements for - Lighting technologies, Packaging, Part to part Interface, Materials, etc.
Critical Skill Sets (Behavioral)
- Good behavioral and attitude skill.
- Communication skills
- Problem Solving
- Accountability
- Team Coordination
- Negotiation
- Customer Focus
- Creative Thinking
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Steyr
Top Skills
Cad
Catia V5
Nx
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