Bertrandt is an independent and international development service provider with long years of automotive expertise. With cross-industry know-how and a holistic understanding of systems and products, we create technological solutions at any stage of the product development process. We deal with a focus on hot topics such as digitalization, e-mobility and autonomous systems, mainly for the automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering sectors, and consistently facilitate the development of tailored solutions in these areas. Our goal: to accelerate technological progress and make a relevant contribution to a sustainable future. We work on this every day – with around 14,000 employees at more than 50 sites worldwide.
We are recruiting for an experienced automotive engineer to work with our OEM customer on their site as a body exterior engineer. The role involves project management - interfacing with design, manufacturing, purchasing and other technical departments at the customer and interfacing with Bertrandt development teams.
We are supporting various customers worldwide. We are recruiting for a Resident Engineer – Body Exterior
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Take a lead role in the development and delivery of exterior trim and body structure systems for new vehicle models
- Lead communication between Bertrandt teams and customer departments during design development, release, prototype and manufacturing ramp up phases
- Plan and lead design reviews, status reporting meetings and attend appropriate customer led meetings
- Maintain status for functional, weight, cost, craftmanship and quality targets using customer templates
- Liaise with stakeholders and suppliers to minimize complexity and tooling investment
- Collaborate with customer departments and suppliers to achieve vehicle package and manufacturing feasibility
- Communicate CAE feedback on attribute performance and requirements for additional analyses
- Report and interpret results of tolerance analyses and provide input to craftmanship Gap and Rad Plan
- Support DFMEA and identification of SC & CCs
- Coordinate bid specifications for bought-out components/ assemblies
- Maintain product development process look ahead and deliverables planning
- Prioritise timely and accurate delivery of data to support product development project milestones
- Support engineering release and change management processes as well as resolution of pre-production build issues
- Interact with project team members in the UK, Germany and other locations as required
