Engineer Steering System

Role & responsibilities

2. Position Summary

Designs commercial vehicle steering systems: gearbox, pump, column and drag link selection, steering layouts, kinematics and effort calculations, through to PLM release.

One opening.

3. Must Have Skills

• Commercial vehicle steering system design and layout
• Steering calculations drag link, steering effort, linkage kinematics
• CATIA – solid, surface, sheet metal, casting and assembly modules
• Vehicle integration, DMU and packaging
• GD&T, tolerance stack-up and DFMEA

4. Good To Have Skills

• Steering gearbox, pump and column selection
• Ride and handling fundamentals
• FEA inputs and design iteration
• DVP and IATF 16949
• 8D problem solving

5. Roles and Responsibilities

• Own concept design, evaluation and finalisation of the steering system.
• Carry out steering packaging and layout studies, including vehicle layouts.
• Select steering gearbox, pump, column and drag link.
• Perform drag link calculations, steering effort calculations and linkage kinematics studies.
• Provide inputs for FEA structural analysis and iterate the design to clear it.
• Meet the Quality, Cost and Delivery targets of each project.
• Document project deliverables: design proposals, DFMEA, design calculations and DVP.
• Work with cross-functional teams to meet DFM, DFA and DFS requirements.
• Generate proposals to overcome design challenges and evaluate them on cost and complexity.
• Own CAD quality at part and assembly level.
• Release Bill of Material and specifications in PLM.
• Prepare reports and presentations for engineering reviews.
• Solve technical issues through the 8D approach and QC tools, including root cause analysis of field failures.
• Identify critical-to-quality parameters and apply control parameters on drawings.
• Benchmark competitor designs and submit reports.

Preferred candidate profile