What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer III position at Goken?
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Goken America is an Engineering Services and Product Development company founded in 2004. At Goken America we strive to expand and deliver upon our company motto of “Creating Something Different”. We are continually striving to strengthen our organization, and are always seeking talented individuals who have a strong desire to work in an environment where they can make a difference.
Our “Vision” is to empower our associates to affect change wherever change is needed. Our “Mission” is that in building trust we foster greatness in our people, excellence in our clients and impact in our communities.
Goken America provides an excellent benefits package, one month of paid time off per year and a very competitive compensation plan. In addition, when applicable, we will also provide relocation assistance, temporary housing, visa support and other fringe benefits.
\n- New product design, with ability to create development tracking, coordination with Factory New Model groups, and improve R&D development systems
- Coordinate layout development projects including customer interface, model layouts, drawing creation, drawing issue, prototype development and factory interface and schedule. Create parts lists and maturation/maintenance tracking.
- Assist with Technical Evaluation Coordination and preparations
- Investigate and document current trends in the automotive industry.
- Identify future development items for product improvement and innovation. Develop these ideas using prototypes.
- Assist customer with root cause analysis and provide counter measure for concern items.
- Reports weekly work capturing activity on various projects, status and completion timing.
- Communicate effectively with the Japanese and Local staff – customers - other Facilities
- Participate in department efficiency improvement activities
- Other tasks as required by Management.
- Bachelor’s degree from four-year College or university with five (5) years automotive experience or eight (8 ) years of experience preferably in the automotive industry.
- Experience designing and working with automotive components and assemblies like Sun Roof systems.
- Experience working with sheet metal and plastic components.
- Catia V5 / V6 CAD software experience including surfacing, solid modeling, drafting and assembly. NX experience is a bonus.
- Statistical process control principles.
- Drafting and tolerance expertise.
- Problem solving techniques.
- Project Management
- Leading Meetings
Goken America (“Goken”) is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other applicable protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is, in simple terms, a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity. Please inform Goken’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.
