Magna
Engineer - Vehicle Architecture
Troy, Michigan, US · Senior
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About the role
- This position provides cross-functional technical leadership across vehicle systems and interfaces, coordinating styling, product engineering, CAD, PLM, manufacturing, suppliers, and program management.
- Guide packaging and integration of mechanical systems, structures, mounting hardware, enclosures, trim, sensors, cleaning systems, and thermal hardware.
- Coordinate styling and engineering convergence for exterior and interior content, including A-, B-, and C-class surface development and data maturity.
Responsibilities
- Own cross-system compatibility and identify architecture risks, interface gaps, and requirement conflicts early in the development process.
- Lead step, gap, flushness, clearance, and interface target setting with styling, engineering, and tolerance-management teams.
- Resolve conflicts between design intent and technical feasibility, and support acceptance of styling data for production-tool release.
- Lead or coordinate vehicle integration concepts, CAD assemblies, interface documentation, and engineering data packages.
- Support Design engineering changes thru design maturity reviews, and configuration control through the product-development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with design and release engineers to ensure assigned systems are production-ready and fully integrated at vehicle level.
- The Engineer - Vehicle Architect leads vehicle-level architecture, packaging, integration, and technical convergence activities across complete vehicle development programs.
- The Engineer - Vehicle Architect maintains vehicle-level design integrity, drives resolution of interface conflicts, and ensures released solutions meet program objectives and production readiness requirements.
- At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies.
- We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed.
Requirements
- Support as required test & validation activities (i.e., correlation of vehicle/system physical build with virtual development, root cause analysis, verified clash conditions, etc.)
Nice to have
- Experience with RAMSIS, CAVA, ICEM Surf, CAE tools, or similar vehicle architecture and visualization applications is a plus
- Experience supporting the development and launch of emerging mobility technologies, including ADAS, EVs, and related systems
- Experience guiding technical personnel and coordinating global engineering teams.
Skills
- Job descriptions may display in multiple languages based on your language selection.
Company info
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- master's degree preferred.
- 5+ years of vehicle architecture, vehicle integration, packaging, styling convergence, complete vehicle development, or closely related automotive product-development experience.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; master's degree preferred.
- Experience leading cross-functional development of mechanical, structural, trim, thermal, or vehicle integration systems from concept through production release.
- Experience with complete vehicle programs, prototype and production builds, validation, suppliers, manufacturing organizations, and engineering release processes.
- Proficiency with CATIA V5, CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE, NX, or equivalent 3D CAD; experience with ENOVIA or an equivalent PLM system.
- Working knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stack-up, DFM/DFA, BOM and change management, DFMEA, DVP&R, root-cause analysis, and automotive launch processes.
- Strong understanding of vehicle packaging, system interfaces, manufacturing processes, material applications, and production-feasibility considerations.
- Experience in styling convergence or studio engineering support, including surface maturity and physical or digital vehicle evaluation.
- Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
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