Product Development Specialist (Eng.)
ArcelorMittal South Africa
Detroit, MI
Information Technology, Engineering
Position: Product Development Specialist (Eng.) Location: Detroit, MI
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We are looking for a Production Development Specialist (Eng.)
Responsible for developing laser welded blank solutions in automotive applications.
Primary Job Functions Include
- Co-engineering Initiatives (promote and develop LWB applications)
- RFQ support (coordination with Sales), - SROC, Competitive solutions costing, nesting & engineering drawings Forming feasibility (coordination with R&D)
- Engineering drawings (coordination with Adv. Manufacturing, Program Management & Plant Engineering)
- Market intelligence (A2MAC1, Conferences, Benchmarking, Internal R&D, IHS, etc.)
- PD Strategy (coordination with PD team and company goals)
- Customer plant visits (as required)
- R&D liaison (as required)
- Technical specifications (developing specifications in coordination with R&D)
- Product validation (as required, engineering tests, samples, analytical etc.)
- Manufacturing support (plant support, APQP, etc.)
- OEM liaison (pulse of OEM, market intelligence, OEM future product strategy)
- CAD skills - Wireframe, 2D and 3D skills
- CAE skills – Meshing, Crash Analysis, Stiffness/NVH, Morphing, Forming
- Office Tools – Office, PowerPoint, Excel, One-Note, Access
- LWB Manuf. Knowledge, Steel Knowledge
- Communication skills – Written and Oral
- Ability to travel as required
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills
- Full vehicle crash analysis and model setup skills on LS Dyna required
- Pre and post processing skills on Ansa or Hyperworks or LS PrePost required
- Basic CAD experience required on AutoCAD or similar software
- Prior experience with analysis of laser welded blank applications preferred but not a must
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills required
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Self-motivated and hard worker
- US Citizen, Permanent resident or legally authorized to work in the US
While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
About the company
Company website•Primary Metal Manufacturing
ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited is the largest steel producer on the African continent, with a production capacity of 7.8 million tonnes of liquid steel per annum.
The company has a depth of technical and managerial expertise carefully nurtured since 1928, a reputation for reliability and a sharply defined business focus, which has forged the organisation into a modern, highly competitive supplier of steel products to the domestic and global markets.
This has been achieved through ongoing alignment with international best practices and a comprehensive understanding of the steel business environment, ensuring the company’s continued global competitiveness and participation in international markets.
ArcelorMittal South Africa's global standing is further underpinned through becoming part of the world’s largest steel producer, the ArcelorMittal Group.
ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks.
With an industrial presence in 27 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, ArcelorMittal has a balanced geographic diversity within all the key steel markets, both developing and developed.
Through this association ArcelorMittal South Africa has access to world-class research and development, best practice processes, aggressive procurement contracts and international market leverage to ensure the company remains at the cutting edge of the international steel industry.
The company’s ability to generate profits and cash throughout the fluctuations of the steel cycle is testimony to the success of years of intensive business re-engineering and the cultivation of a continuous improvement culture that has embedded ArcelorMittal South Africa’s position among the world’s lowest cash cost producers of steel.