Subframe Engineer Contractor Position +/- 1 year

Subframe Engineer Munich Office 

As a subframe engineer, you will lead the design of components that act as a mount structure for the suspension and it reacts to vehicle travel on corners, on bumps, acceleration and braking. Critical features include high strength, torsional and flexural stiffness, fatigue, and robust performance for the life of world leading electric vehicles. Furthermore, the subframe is an important contributor to crash energy management in frontal impact for automotive vehicles. You will engage with attribute groups and other system owners to guide premier subframe structure from concept to production.  

Responsibilities 

• Ensure that component designs satisfy requirements to deliver the desired vehicle attributes 

• Design with excellence at system and component level, with great attention to every detail. 

• Work closely with both internal teams and externals suppliers, using creativity and teamwork to integrate multiple systems in the most efficient way possible 

• Coordinate virtual engineering and physical validation testing activities for your designs 

• Manage multiple complex projects in a demanding environment 

Qualifications 

• Automotive industry experience, mostly focused on stamped steel weldments, subframes and low pressure die castings 

• Experience personally and directly designing components from concept to production 

• Design release engineering experience, including engineering change management and project management experience 

• Hands-on practical experience in prototype assembly 

• Experience in technology, system, and supplier selection 

• Proven 3D CAD, project leadership 

• Determine required tolerances using GD&T 

Applications submitted through recruitment agencies will not be considered. We kindly ask that agencies do not respond to this vacancy or contact us regarding this position.

Thank you for your understanding.