Product Engineer AAM Germany

AAM is a Global supplier of driveline and drivetrain systems and related components for light trucks, sport utility vehicles, passenger cars and crossover vehicles and commercial vehicles.

As a listed company on the NYSE in the U.S., AAM is located in 13 countries with over 30 locations and approximately 13,000 Associates worldwide.

AAM’s European Headquarters and Engineering Center is located in Bad Homburg. In addition, there are two production sites in Poland (passenger cars) and Scotland (commercial vehicles), a winter test center, a development site for Hybrid & Electric Driveline Systems in Sweden and a subsidiary in Luxembourg.

AAM has developed a strong Global Growth Strategy with an ambitious European plan. The Foundation of this Strategy is built on a Commitment to Quality, Operational Excellence and Technology Leadership.

For our Headquarters in Bad Homburg (Frankfurt area) we are searching for a:

Product Engineer (m/f) 

Responsibilities

- Plans engineering activities and manage APQP requirements for product engineering
- Completes and documents engineering disciplines per AAM’s product development process, such as - design reviews
- design tolerance dimensional stack analysis
- DFMEA
- change control documentation
- agree / disagree documentation
- Electronic project books
- open issues / action plans to address performance concerns


- Creates and releases Bills of Materials
- Creates and releases prototype and production drawings
- Perform engineering calculations manually or with analytical tools
- Initiates and interprets Finite Element Analysis (FEA) results
- Estimates and tracks engineering development costs
- Develop and maintain analytical and test product validation plans (DVP&R)
- Completes design proposals, concepts, and mark-up drawings in response to customer requests
- Develops, validates, and implements cost reduction initiatives and proposals
- Monitors and supports problem solving, action plans and responses to customer satisfaction, PPM defects, and warranty issues
- Completes benchmark activities as required to support ongoing process and product improvement activities Collaborates with the Purchasing function and participates in supplier visits, selection, and capabilities assessment.
- Collaborates with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure manufacturing and assembly capabilities are met. Completes drawing reviews and reaches consensus on requirements and specifications.
- Collaborates with the Quality function to prevent quality issues as well as supporting resolution of quality and warranty issues
- Collaborates with the Product Engineering Technical Center and supports prototype and testing activities
- Forges and maintains relationships with Corporate headquarters personnel and technical specialists

Qualifications

Education

- Minimum Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical, depending on focus of position)

Experience

- Minimum of two years’ experience in a Manufacturing Engineering or Product Engineering position
- Work experience in the automotive industry and driveline background required
- Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) skills highly desired
- Self-starter with strong written and oral communication skills
- Confident, reliable and competent representation on all levels; good organizational skills
- Skills in working with international teams
- English written / verbal communication skills required
- German written / verbal communication skills preferred
- Good computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Project, Outlook etc.) required
- CAD system knowledge (PRO-E, CATIA V5, UG, ETC…) preferred
- Must enjoy working with others
- Willingness to travel, average 20% of time expected, including international travel

Our offer

A dynamic and truly international work environment with flat hierarchies sets the ideal precondition to advance innovation and plays an even more important role in Europe in the future AAM can flexibly respect your individual wishes of development in an expanding international organization A competitive salary package  

Can we enthuse you for this challenge?

Then we would be pleased to get to know you! 

Please send us your CV and your letter of motivation as Word- or PDF-document and provide your contact and personal details. Please note that credentials and references are not needed by us in this first step.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Christine Jacob under +49 6172 1386226 for any questions.

We assure you the confidential treatment of your application.