Experienced NVH Project Lead

Description

Ready to contribute to the future of automotive industry?

We are part of Hitachi Astemo focusing on world-leadingadvanced mobilitysolutions within the fields of electrification,autonomous driving, and connectivity to help reduce environmental damage, decrease traffic accidents, and improve comfort. Together, we contribute toa sustainable society and improved quality of life by providing mobility solutions that satisfy our customers and form the future core of automotive and motorcycle systems. Our people are at the heart of achieving these goals, and we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

Own the Future, become a part of the team and join our Drancy R&D Center as:

Experienced NVH Project Lead in the Brake Business Unit

Why Hitachi Astemo?

At Hitachi Astemo, we respect each other, never pass the buck and work creatively to accomplish our mission. Our people are given exciting opportunities to develop and grow in a truly international business, where they are proud to be part of a collaborative and innovative team. Diversity & Inclusion is valued to build and leverage an inclusive work environment and embrace diversity to unlock our full potential. We believe that this will give us the strength to drive great innovations to create new values for people, vehicles and the society, and to unlock our full potential to become a global leader in everything we do. 

Job description

The Experienced NVH Project Lead is in charge of defining, developing and executing the component and system validation test plan of NVH activities for foundation brake system, from conception to completion. His strong knowledge in mechanical engineering, chassis component design and NVH allows him to lead external customer application projects as well as R&D projects with internal and external partners.

Project Lead :

• Define and lead the activity plan for customer projects, overseeing the development of new brake systems and product enhancements,
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (design, testing, simulation, manufacturing) to achieve project goal and timelines,
• Leads the project testing activities within the NVH team (laboratory and test benches), and provides synthesis to both internal and external customers,
• Lead the investigation and resolution phases on brake applications to ensure NVH performance and overall quality of our products,
• Manage project budgets, schedules and resources for delivery of NVH milestones.

NVH Research and Development :

• Drive internal NVH-related projects for knowledge and competency improvement, by defining global objectives, internal/external partners, milestones and ressources,
• Apply advanced NVH testing, analysis and simulation techniques todiagnose, identify and mitigate NVH issues in braking systems.

Process optimisation :

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, incorporating best practises for NVH performance, testing, and product design,
• Work on procedure and methodology improvement to anticipate Automotive market transformation and comply with current industrial challenges

Work relations :

• Report hierarchically to the NVH team Manager, Functionnaly to the Product Engineer,
• Collaborates within NVH team with Laboratory and Test Bench pole members, and with other NVH project leads,
• Collaborates with Simulation Team, Vehicle Testing team and other testing and design departments
• Support communication to external customers/partners

Technical knowledge required :

• Master Degree/Engineering Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with NVH specialisation, or equivalent, preferalbly in automotive industry,
• Minimum 10 years experience in NVH,
• Proven experience leading complex projects
• Solid knowledge of chassis component design, preferably brake systems
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and programming is a plus
• Fluent in English (both written and verbal)
• German speaking is a plus
• Familiarity with regulatory standards such as IATF 16949
• Automomy
• Initiative
• Good communication skills

Job location : Drancy - France