Katalyst Healthcares and Life Sciences
Responsibilities:
- Product Lifecycle Management: Monitor and support vehicles from production through end-of-life, implement design changes based on field performance and customer feedback.
- Issue Resolution: Investigate and resolve manufacturing or quality issues, collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions.
- Product Optimization: Refine existing designs for cost, weight, or performance improvements, ensure compatibility with evolving regulations and technologies, Work with suppliers to address component-level issues, validate supplier changes and ensure they meet design intent.
- Quality Feedback Integration: Analyzing warranty data, service reports, and customer complaints.
- Technology Refresh: Supporting mid-cycle product facelifts or feature upgrades.
- Documentation & Compliance: Maintain engineering documentation for all changes, Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and industry standards.
- Testing & Validation: Support validation of updated components or systems, analyze test data to confirm performance and durability.
- Supplier Collaboration: Working with suppliers to improve component design, materials, or manufacturing processes, Managing obsolescence and alternate sourcing for long-term sustainability.
- Excellent CATIA V5 2D/3D skills.
- Leadership and motivation in a design role is essential.
- 7 to 12+ years of previous experience of Design activities at OEM with demonstrable record of delivery of the accountabilities.
- Working in plant environment and ability to manage cross functional team coordination.
- A strong track record of delivering design to timelines, weight and cost targets.
- Supplier liaison, understanding and implementing DFM requirements.
- Mechanical or Automotive Engineering Degree preferred.
- Background in luxury cars design and development preferred.