TS Tech Americas, Inc. ([www.tstech.com](http://www.tstech.com/)) is the regional corporate headquarters, research and development, and strategic center for 17 locations throughout USA, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. These locations manufacture and sale automotive and powersports seats, interior parts and accessories. Our commitment to quality has resulted in the organization winning the prestigious JD Powers award for seat quality. Our focus is on delivering customer satisfaction, protecting the environment, and actively supporting local community initiatives and organizations. This position will be located at our facility in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. We are unable to sponsor employment visas for this position. At this time, we are focusing on direct applications and kindly ask that recruiters and employment agencies refrain from submitting candidates. Applications sent through recruiters or agencies may not be considered. **Position Summary:** Support the design, development, and release of automotive seating, interior trim and/or powersport seating products. Work directly with customers, suppliers, and internal multi-functional team to design and innovate valuable products which meet all requirements and regulations. Support research, business objectives, and problem solving for continuous improvement. **Qualifications** : - Minimum B.S. in Engineering or equivalent (Mechanical, Product Development, etc.) or 1-3 years experience in product design or development desired, preferably in automotive seat or interior trim. - Proficient in parametric modeling and CAD drafting and annotation; CATIA v5/v6 preferred. - Familiar with performing CAD FEA simulations and interpretation of results. - Experience with product design for manufacturing (DFM). - Experience with project / team schedules (experience with MS Projects is a plus). - Proficient in Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Ability to travel locally (driving), domestic and / or internationally (air) without restriction (typically less than 10%). **Primary Position Responsibilities:** - Communication - Prepare and present technical reports and presentations (Reports, CAD design, Schedules, Continuous Improvement Ideas, Design layouts, and other items). - Collaborates among different groups to achieve overall company goals. - Communicate with customers and suppliers to maintain relationships, expectations, and negotiations (Outside Stakeholders). - Actively participates and engages in sectional, departmental, project, and customer meetings. - Planning - Creates and maintains a schedule(s) to proactively manage areas of responsibility and resources. (Schedule, annual goals, budget, etc.) - Lead design technicians to keep schedules on track and ensure CAD models and drawings are accurate and comply with standard procedures and ISO policies. - Technical Know-How - Understands and locates applicable information (DWG, SPEC, Regulations). - Understands the process and purpose of analyzing, solving and communicating problems and solutions. - Demonstrates proficiency in engineering fundamentals. - Maintains strong knowledge of TS Tech products and requirements. - Innovation - Support department innovation through benchmarking, proof of concept, research activities and development proposals (products and business processes). # **Specific Job Requirements** - Product Design - Understand and break down product requirements to generate and develop optimized concepts for quality, performance, weight, and cost. - Interface directly with customers to fully understand all technical requirements and deliverables. Support informing the multi-functional team. - Applies best practices in creating and maintaining product 3D CAD layouts, models, and 2D drawings/3DA. - Controls bill of materials (BOM) and design change documentation for responsible projects. - Supports design analysis and prediction by kinematics, hand calculations, FEA, multibody dynamics, and statistical variation analysis tools. - Lead and/or support multi-functional team with Design Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Design Review Based on Failure Modes (DRBFM) and/or Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) documentation. - Work with suppliers and manufacturing teams to ensure production feasibility. - Presents design in technical reviews with dynamic CAD reviews and reports. - Track and maintain design related issues and propose countermeasures within schedule and scope. - Define/track all design change point details for Engineering Change Notice (ECN) documentation. - Support internal product gateways with technical documentation. - Continuous Improvement - Support the development and proposal of reoccurrence prevention methods. - Seek out, understand and communicate new or revised regulations and requirements. - Support value added investigations (part, product, process, design improvements). - Support in the development of new tools, standards, and procedures. **Reporting to This Position:** - No Direct reports - No Indirect reports **Physical Demands and Work Environment:** - Environmental conditions - Open office environment. May be exposed to moderate noise levels. - Vocal Communication - Required to express or exchange ideas by means of concise (clear, correct, and timely) discussion with coworkers, customers, suppliers, etc. - Hearing Perception - Ability to recognize information at normal spoken levels and/or ability to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or make fine distinctions in sound. - Sensory Utilization - Prepare and analyze written or computer data. - Physical Activities - Required to stand, walk and sit, as well as using hands to pick up, handle or feel objects. May occasionally reach with hands and arms. May be required to lift up to 50 lbs. unassisted. - Visual Acuity - There are no special vision requirements.