Project Engineer Mechanical - EV (Cape Town) at GVW Group

Your Mission

• Lead and support the development of advanced powertrain system of responsibility from concept through production

Responsibilities

• Develop industry-leading solutions for areas of technical responsibility  
• Engage with industry suppliers and interact with engineering development team
• Support vehicle builds, testing and validation    
• Execute engineering development processes flawlessly   
• Set up engineering operations to support technical areas of responsibility 
• Setup and execute technology development roadmaps  
• Support site activities, customer meetings/engagements, suppliers     
• Execute engineering development within budget   
• Plan and execute engineering development within budgets  
• Develop responsible technical systems within cost targets and support cost reduction efforts
• Develop solutions for lean manufacturing and execute engineering tasks for production   
• Support engineering teams to deliver engineering tasks to support production schedules
• Collaborate with internal and cross-functional teams and support in identifying critical resource needs                
• Act as project engineers and/or liaisons engineers onsite at new customers (locations to be determined, depending on marketing opportunities).
• Coordination of customer site activities, e.g., customer meetings, vehicle builds and validation.

Candidates must substantiate their experience with one or more of the following medium/heavy duty vehicle systems:

•  Vehicle Layout, Packaging, and architecture
• Ladder frame development
• Steering systems
• Axle and suspensions
• Electrical powertrains
• EV Thermal systems
• Simulation (FEA, CFD)
• ADAS integration
• Electrical Drive Axles

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Master’s degree preferred)
• 3 Years+ engineering experience
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Work at the Triz Engineering home office, currently BHAM
• Must be willing to be relocated within US short term and long term
• 3 Years+ experience in medium/heavy duty commercial system development process i.e., vehicle architecture, specifications, performance requirements, simulation, selecting components, integration, build and validation.
• Proven experience in coordinating and supporting validation activities and creating technical reports.
• Project management aptitude