Job Description

Job SummaryREQUIREMENTS

• Affirmative Action South African citizen
• A National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering)
• A minimum of 5 years of design and development experience in automotive components for volume production

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• High level of understanding of technical/ engineering concepts and design
• Good communication skills
• Problem resolution capability
• Project management capability
• Good interpersonal skills (team and negotiating skills)
• Ability to lead and operate within a team
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• High degree of computer literacy (MS Office package, CAD)
• Ability to work and complete tasks without supervision
• Ability to apply preventative and corrective tools and methods during the development process

ADDED ADVANTAGE

• German language proficiency

REPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the company's products are engineered to local market requirements by designing, developing, testing and introducing locally manufactured components, by adapting and developing German-sourced designs to be compatible with local environmental conditions and by issuing technical data in line with the correct component engineering level to meet the following criteria

• Products are built problem-free
• Local requirements in terms of local content are met
• Unique product features
• Safety and reliability in service
• Discontinued models, but are still required in South Africa
• Adhering to the required Product Emergence Process (PEP) manual
• The release of electrical components for vehicles
• The resolution of design-related problems on all locally manufactured platforms
• Coordination of testing and release of components and systems, locally and at source
• Problem analysis
• Maintaining and updating the bill of materials system
• Cost analysis of various components, systems and projects
• Cost-saving (PKO) initiation and investigations
• Project management on new or changed systems and components

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