Complete Seat Engineer

• Location: Irvine, California
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Pay Rate: $88,000–$90,000 USD annually

The Complete Seat Engineer will support the design, development, integration, packaging, validation, engineering release, and manufacturing considerations of complete automotive seating systems and related components.

The position requires experience in automotive seating systems and subsystems, strong proficiency in CATIA V5/V6, and knowledge of seating-system regulations, tooling, validation, manufacturing, and assembly processes.

• Apply engineering design and development concepts to automotive complete seating systems.
• Design seats and seat components, including Foam Headrest, seat plastic, Cables, Lumber, and trim cover.
• Develop Master Sections.
• Support Vehicle Integration and Vehicle packaging.
• Create seating-system concepts.
• Support assembly processes for various seat parts.
• Apply knowledge of tooling and seat manufacturing processes.
• Prepare and maintain engineering release and change documentation.
• Perform complete-seat packaging studies of seating components.
• Apply regulatory and certification requirements for seating systems, including FMVSS regulations.
• Maintain and develop Design Validation Plans (DVP).
• Maintain and develop Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA).
• Apply knowledge of seating-system and component manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply engineering design and development concepts to automotive complete seating systems.
• Design seats and seat components, including Foam Headrest, seat plastic, Cables, Lumber, and trim cover.
• Develop Master Sections.
• Support Vehicle Integration and Vehicle packaging.
• Create seating-system concepts.
• Support assembly processes for various seat parts.
• Apply knowledge of tooling and seat manufacturing processes.
• Prepare and maintain engineering release and change documentation.
• Perform complete-seat packaging studies of seating components.
• Apply regulatory and certification requirements for seating systems, including FMVSS regulations.
• Maintain and develop Design Validation Plans (DVP).
• Maintain and develop Design Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA).
• Apply knowledge of seating-system and component manufacturing processes.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in automotive seating-system and subsystem design and development.
• Thorough knowledge of engineering design and development concepts for complete automotive seating systems.
• Very good proficiency in CATIA V5/V6.
• Experience designing seats and seat components, including Foam Headrest, seat plastic, Cables, Lumber, and trim cover.
• Relevant experience with Master Sections, Vehicle Integration, Vehicle packaging, Concept creation, and assembly processes for various seat parts.
• Knowledge and understanding of tooling and seat manufacturing processes.
• Ability to prepare and maintain engineering release and change documentation.
• Ability to perform complete-seat packaging studies of seating components.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and certification requirements for seating systems, including FMVSS regulations.
• Experience maintaining and developing DVP and DFMEA.
• Good knowledge of seating-system and component manufacturing processes.

Technical Skills and Tools

• CATIA V5
• CATIA V6
• Automotive complete seating-system design
• Seating-subsystem design and development
• Seat-component design
• Master Sections
• Vehicle Integration
• Vehicle packaging
• Concept creation
• Complete-seat packaging studies
• Engineering release documentation
• Engineering change documentation
• Design Validation Plans — DVP
• Design Failure Mode Analysis — DFMEA
• FMVSS seating regulations
• Tooling processes
• Seat manufacturing processes
• Seat-component manufacturing processes
• Seat-part assembly processes

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering