Engineering Job’s Kenya
Design Engineer
Description
Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. Our vehicles create a transport platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long-term commitment from an exceptional mid-career Design Engineer to design body and frame structure architectures and engineer specific components for a new vehicle that will form the basis of our main product offering into the African market – a truly unique opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The role will require a close working relationship with the venture’s Engineering and Production teams.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Conceptualise, design, engineer, release, develop and launch body structure components and systems with aesthetic input from the Automotive Designer.
- Collaborate with the Automotive Designer, Mechanical Engineerand Production Engineer to resolve feasibility challenges in new product development.
- Create and develop tubular space frame and body panelling components and system requirements and specifications to achieve best-in-class structural, Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH) and crash performance.
- Determine the most suitable materials for space frame and body panelling fabrication.
- Create vehicle-aligned component and system targets with Cost Engineer, including function, cost, weight and investment considerations.
- Develop design concepts and production designs in CATIA (v5) and SolidWorks.
- Optimise the concepts and designs with analytical and physical assessments, ensuring conformation to local regulations governing assigned systems.
- Complete and release system, sub-system and detail designs for space frame and body panelling, including mountings to integrate core systems (powertrain, brakes, suspension etc.) and ancillary systems (lights, mirrors, seats etc.).
- Support Mechanical Engineer, Production Engineer and Cost Engineer to create component specification, component Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), Design Verification Plan and Report (DVP&R) and other technical design documents.
- Design and engineer select custom components (non-off-the-shelf parts like headlights) for production by partner outsource suppliers internationally.
- Interface with suppliers for manufacturing feasibility, validation, and other engineering activities as specified for the assigned outsourced component.
- Create (with component/system supplier) component and subsystem design verification plans and test methods – ensuring system targets are met and optimised during validation.
- Select off-the-shelf systems collaboratively with Mechanical Engineer and Cost Engineer, including function, cost, safety, reliability, weight and investment considerations.
- Maintain feasibility of engineering approach for low volume production tooling and limited in-country resources. For example, steel stamping presses are not available at initial production.
- Evaluate and ensure manufacturability, buildability, and integration of end-to-end vehicle with Mechanical Engineer, Cost Engineer, Production Engineer and future Production Planners.
- Identify, create solutions, and resolve technical design conflicts collaboratively with Mechanical Engineer and Cost Engineer.
Qualifications
- An ideal candidate should combine outstanding technical skills in design and engineering with excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team. They should be rigorous, pragmatic and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
Required
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering or similar
- 3.0 GPA or higher from a top university worldwide
- 3 years of automotive-related experience, preferably on a vehicle build project
- Ability to read and write design and manufacturing drawings
- Ability to create and communicate new design ideas
- Proficiency in SolidWorks and CATIA v5
- Passion for prototype development and a pragmatic attitude
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working environment and work within a diverse team
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects with tight timing constraints
- High level of analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to self manage; taking ownership of projects: budgeting, work planning, resource management and reporting
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,ambitious,independent, systematic attention to detail,structured thinker, goal-oriented,flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
Desired
- Masters degree (or higher)in Mechanical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering or similar
- 3-6 years of automotive-related experience, preferably on a vehicle build project
- Detailed understanding of automotive exteriors, interiors, manufacturing and operations
- Excellent drawing and graphic skills
- Demonstrated creative proficiency with supporting portfolio
- Ability to create perspective sketches and renderings in scale and full size
- Hands-on experience with pipe bending and notching
- Involvement in a dune-buggy/sandrail build specifically
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of Kenya)
Please post your application on http://ift.tt/1iG05kN or send an email to recruiting@mobiusmotors.com
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