Senior Application Engineer - Farmington Hills, United States - Freudenberg Group

Description

Empowering people, creating technology.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and participate with customer/sales for design, development, and fabrication as "expert" resource for the Vibracoustic product line.
• Work with customer engineering team on advance product development, timely execution of prototype programs, support customer technical requests and help win the new programs.
• Coordinate/drive proactive customer activities in cooperation with sales with the target to acquire new business opportunities.
• Establish and maintain close relationship with NVH and engineering departments at customers ensuring effective communication.
• Be a key team member in support of product/business strategy development.
• Define and actively monitor project budgets.
• Share voice of customer input for innovation needs, project prioritization, and project support.
• Travel to customer sites will be required as part of product development and customer support activity.
• Provide voice of customer for management, technical direction, and communication for all assigned programs as directed by the APQP system or the employee's supervisor.
• Provide Engineering and voice customer support to the Cost Estimating Department utilizing technical knowledge, experience, and customer requirements knowledge
• Provide information and technical direction to purchasing/supply base with respect to customer needs, product knowledge, drawing requirements and interpretation.
• Support all required activity for a timely completion of the product development cycle from initial design concept, GDT, prototype processing, and product launch in accordance with customer requirements.

Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering (Mechanical preferred).
• Five years' experience in project/program management and product development preferred.
• Experience with new business & strategy development preferred.
• Strong presentation, organization, problem solving, and communication skills required.
• Linear Damper and Driveline product knowledge a plus, project management experience required.
• Onsite: Must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate to the Farmington Hills, MI area.

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Vibracoustic USA Inc.