Product Engineer

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About the Role

Plans, organizes, leads, and directs technical work related to product engineering activities.  Serves as a liaison and coordinates engineering activities from concept through production testing.  The product engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining the program: DFMEA’s, DVP’s, BOM’s, design review checklists, tolerance stacks, drawing GD&T, and any customer specific requirements.  The product engineer will lead the product design team and maintain the open issues list related to product engineering with an emphasis on lighting.

Your Responsibilities

• Defines scope, plans, organizes, leads, and directs technical work and departmental/team efforts related to product, process, tooling, testing, and materials as it relates to product engineering activities. 
• Translates direction of technical work into specific plans of action and directs product engineering activities to production phase.  Monitors and controls costs, quality, timing, and other related aspects of projects.  Understands and adheres to schedule and budgetary requirements of projects.  Reports progress as required.
• Serves as a liaison and coordinates development activities of internal and external resources.  Serves as a resource by providing a problem-solving function by initiating action to overcome obstacles as they are encountered. 
• Participates in continuous improvement efforts.  Researches, recommends, and implements new and/or existing products, processes, materials, and equipment.  Engages in comparative and competitive analysis to ensure utilization of most appropriate and beneficial techniques.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Who We Are Looking For

• Strong initiative; sense of ownership and responsibility
• Superior time management and organizational skills
• Outstanding interpersonal skills
• Solid problem-solving skills
• Must be able to work independently or in a group with supervision
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters with objectivity and discretion, high personal standard of integrity

Your Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field; 2-5 years of experience desired
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, coordinate and integrate internal data, and clearly articulate concepts, ideas and other issues relating to product engineering
• Strong organizational, project management, and leadership skills to prioritize, coordinate projects, manage conflicting needs, and deal with many issues at one time.  Must be able to work independently.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills in order to effectively communicate with internal and external contacts and represent the Company in a professional manner when performing job duties.  Must have excellent interpersonal skills to exercise influence at various levels and functions.
• Must be able to operate standard and specialized equipment/tools related to the job.  Ability to calculate and analyze data, generate reports, present information, etc. 
• Strong lighting knowledge preferred (photometric design/validation to customer and regulatory specifications)
  • Light output, uniformity, positioning, LED selection, etc.
• Strong electrical knowledge preferred to interface with EE team on new and existing designs.
  • Connector/terminal selection, general PCB knowledge, etc.).
  • Module sealing techniques (welding, potting, etc.).

Site Benefits

• Brand new Engineering facility with on-site fitness center and fresh market cafeteria
• Conveniently located near many restaurants, I-96 and M-6
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• 13 Paid Company Holidays
• Competitive vacation plan
• Retirement Savings Programs
• Employee Equity and Profit Participation Program
• Family and Employee Assistance Program (FEAP)
• Education Assistance Program
• Company sponsored wellness programs (flu shots, Weight Watchers, Gym membership reimbursement program, etc.)
• Individual bonus programs

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

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