Product Engineer

Company: Adient plc
Location: Plymouth
Posted on: April 2, 2021

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTIONJob Description: This is a position, as a hands-on modelmaker, for developing and fabricating new automotive seating concepts /products for Engineering and Industrial Design at Adient, LLC, in Plymouth, MI. The position is 40 hours a week. Ability to work OT as needed.
You will be working in a modeling studio and will interact with Industrial Designers and Engineers from our business units. Attributes that are helpful in this position are an ability to sketch or verbally communicate ideas, come up with creative solutions to customer needs, problem solving and a desire and aggressiveness to learn and participate in a team environment. The solutions you propose may be 2-D on paper or physically modeled in a variety of mediums. Digital skills with Catia, NX, Rhino or other CAD systems are necessary for this position. The ability to read, plot or design in CAD will be useful to design concepts or make changes to physical and digital parts. Some welding and metal fabrication skills are necessary or the desire to learn these skills. Qualifications/Experience Either:
2-5 years of commensurate experience in designing and fabricating your ideas or others in a team or individual basis. Ability to convert 2D ideas into 3d objects. Woodworking, sculpture, modelmaking repairing bikes, motorcycles or other hands-on activities are of benefit to this position.
4-year or 2-year undergraduate program in either; Engineering, Product Development, Industrial Design, the Sciences, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Studio Arts or Liberal Arts. A portfolio of current or past work is of interest. This portfolio should show examples of products you have designed and or fabricated alone or as part of a larger group.Job Classification
Required
--- This is a hands-on fabrication position working with Industrial Designers and Engineers.
--- Engineers should have a positive attitude and teachable spirit.
--- Professional attitude and appearance.
--- Engineers should have a design sensibility and ability to work from sketches as well as engineering drawings and CAD.
--- Knowledge or desire to learn about 3D printing and the maintenance of printers.
--- Commitment to own project from conception to finish product.
--- Understanding of how engineering, design, tooling and manufacturing impact 3D builds.
--- Interest in learning how to use mediums such as skived foam, foam core, plastics, steel, aluminum or metal fabrication.
--- Engineers should be interested in learning the safe use of power equipment (table saws, bandsaw, mill, lathe, disc sander, drill press.)
Adient - INTERNAL
--- Mig/Tig welding experience or desire to learn at Adient.
--- Ability to lift 50lb seat structures and fixtures.
--- Knowledge of Catia, Rhino, Fusion 360, Solidworks or other CAD systems is required.PRIMARY LOCATIONCentral Tech Unit Plymouth MI Posted 2 Days Ago Full time R-10996 About Us Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating.--With 81,000 employees in 34 countries, Adient operates 220 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing - and into more than 23 million vehicles every year. For more information on Adient, please visit www.adient.com

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