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Continental · 10 hours ago

Principal Design For Manufacturing (DFM) Engineer - Light Truck 4x4 Tires

Fort Mill, SC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

7+ years exp

Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist. They are seeking a Principal Design For Manufacturing Engineer to ensure Light Truck 4x4 product designs meet consumer expectations and manufacturing needs while leading projects to enhance manufacturability and performance.

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Responsibilities

Overall global expert on product design and manufacturability for LT4x4 products

Initiate and lead projects to create or update processes & tools (including virtual development) to ensure manufacturability of product designs, including Design For Manufacturing (DFM) guidelines

Core member of LT Competence Center

Collect segment requirements globally (long term requirements and trends for competitive performance)

Initiates benchmarking of relevant competitors in alignment with key stakeholders

Analysis of competitor solutions for performance and producibility

Collects feedback from platform, technology, and compound owners and derive segment gaps

Review team member in LT4x4 development projects globally

Leads/coordinates activities to develop and validate concepts

Initiates technology projects to ensure market competitiveness in performance & manufacturability