Thermal Products, a producer of automotive heat exchangers and member of Dana Holding Corporation’s Power Technologies Product Group, has an opening for a Product Design Engineer in our Applied Engineering group located at 656 Kerr Street Oakville Ontario to focus our efforts to expand our business with Japanese automotive manufacturers here in Canada and abroad.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Selecting, sizing and preparing technical proposals for automotive heat exchangers to OEM customers.
Organizing all prototyping builds, testing & CAD design iterations.
Establishing with Customer Engineering, the design scope (DVP&R) necessary to define & meet all product performance, durability and quality requirements.
Leading design / feasibility meetings with Plant, Business Development and Sales cross-functional design/launch teams.
Executing internal and external change management control (ECRs, SREAs).
Ensuring all performance and durability testing meets Customer’s Design Scope –both test specification definition & acceptance criteria.
Ensuring each new product launch is successful and on time, while meeting all Customer specifications.
Adhering to Product Development Standards for each program.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Post-secondary Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Metallurgical Engineering,  Nanotechnology Engineering is preferred.
At least one year of design and test experience, in the heat transfer / vehicular manufacturing industries.
Strong technical knowledge to do heat transfer and fluid dynamics calculations.
Experience in metallurgical analysis, involving non-ferrous brazing technologies.
Strong interpersonal & communication skills.
Well-organized, self starter, capable of independent decision-making.
Ability to manage multiple projects effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment involving multiple facilities and engineering groups.
Prior working knowledge of quality, safety and environmental standards (TS16949 & ISO14001).
Language proficiency in English and Japanese.

Full time, permanent professional position at 40 hours per week.

Salary range      $70,000 to $80,000 annual as of April 1, 2015

Benefits               Bonus, Disability, Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance & Retirement Savings Plan, Mileage Paid, other benefits.

Business Address/Job Location:  656 Kerr Street Oakville, Ontario, L6K 3E4

Internal applicants must have their supervisor’s approval to apply.

TO APPLY:

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, please forward your resume to:

E-mail: rich.whiting@dana.com