Hybrid Senior Development Engineer

at MAHLE

• Job title: Senior Development Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Jundiai, Brazil

About the role

• Senior Development Engineer at MAHLE responsible for developing and improving engine products. Interacting with clients and international suppliers to ensure product specifications and compliance.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the development and enhancement of products, ensuring technical specifications, quality, and compliance with internal and external standards
• Work from concept through series production, maintaining constant interaction with suppliers, customers, internal departments, and international sites
• Represent the team and the company in technical matters with external stakeholders
• Contribute to innovation, cost reduction, and continuous improvement, ensuring all technical documentation and application lists are kept up to date
• Develop and refine products, components, and accessories, performing calculations, specifications, and technical validations
• Define product structures, raw materials, and technical specifications based on requirements and subject-matter expertise
• Review customer technical specifications and engage proactively with customers to ensure compliance and improvements
• Lead technical discussions with suppliers to ensure component specifications are met
• Oversee the creation of technical drawings for components and systems at prototype and series-production levels
• Manage tooling design and the construction of prototype components, ensuring quality and deadlines
• Provide technical support and act as the focal point for customers, headquarters, plants, affiliates, and internal departments
• Conduct failure analyses related to products in development, series production, or field returns
• Prepare engineering demand forecasts for projects developing new or modified products
• Define validation plans and monitor tests and numerical simulations of new products, and oversee prototype manufacturing
• Be responsible for creating and reviewing project technical documentation such as DFMEA, Critical Characteristics Analysis, GD&T, and tolerances
• Participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) stages and ensure regulatory compliance
• Seek technological innovations, new suppliers, materials, and alternatives for standardization and cost reduction
• Conduct studies to update and improve product and process design

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Production/Industrial Engineering, or related fields
• Active CREA registration (professional engineering license)
• Proven experience in product development within the automotive parts sector, preferably engine peripherals, fuel systems, or air conditioning systems
• Proven experience with plastic injection molded products, thermoplastic materials, and seals
• Experience with air management, fluid handling, and filtration systems
• Advanced English, with the ability to conduct meetings and technical interactions with customers
• Demonstrated knowledge of automotive quality tools (FMEA, APQP, PPAP, 8D)
• Experience with CAD/CAE software is desirable
• Availability to work a hybrid schedule (3x2) in Jundiaí, SP

Benefits

• Collaborative environment working on engaging projects
• Opportunities for personal and career development