Job Description

Since 1965, Stoneridge has designed and manufactured advanced, award-winning technologies including driveline and transmission actuation systems, vision systems, emissions control systems, safety systems, and security and monitoring systems for vehicle OEMs in the commercial vehicle, automotive, off-highway and agricultural vehicle markets. We’re focused on the areas of greatest market need – both today and tomorrow. Our core products and technologies are aligned with industry megatrends including safety and security, vehicle intelligence, fuel efficiency and emissions. Join the Stoneridge Team as we continue to build upon our strong history and reputation for quality products to deliver innovative products and systems that address a need, exceed our customers’ expectations, and motivate our team.

Responsible for sustaining and optimizing mechanical aspects of released products from SOP through End-of-Life, ensuring design integrity, manufacturability, quality performance, and cost competitiveness. Acts as the plant-level technical owner for mechanical design, driving root cause analysis, design improvements, supplier changes, and cross-functional alignment to support production, warranty, and continuous improvement objectives.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Change Management: Managing and implementing internal product design changes to improve function, cost, or reliability.
• Issue Analysis: Conducting second level technical analysis and resolution for production issues, including "0km" returns and top failure analysis (FTQ/Safe Launch/Scrap).
• Field and Warranty Support: Performing second-level analysis (EE, ME, Sys, SW) on warranty and customer returns and feeding these field issues back into the engineering organization.
• Root Cause and Corrective Action: Identifying systemic root causes and triggering/implementing permanent corrective actions.
• Supplier and Material Support: Assessing supplier change requests (EOL, SMCIP) and supporting the Supplier Quality team with technical assessments and analysis of availability issues.
• Cost Ownership: Leading Component Changs as part of Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) initiatives.
• Mentorship: Serving as technical coaches and mentors for site technicians performing diagnosis and repair.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field.
• Master’s Degree preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• 5–10 years of experience in automotive, electronics, or high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience in sustaining/series engineering, product engineering, or design engineering.
• Proven experience in root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Whys, Fishbone).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (Quality, Manufacturing, Suppliers, Design Engineering).
• Exposure to customer interaction and field/warranty issue resolution.
• Experience with change management processes (PCR, CCB, PPAP).

KNOWLEDGE:

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Decision-making under production pressure
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management
• Effective communication (technical and executive level)
• Project and change management
• Risk assessment and mitigation (FMEA mindset)
• Continuous improvement and cost optimization mindset
• Customer-focused approach (OEM-driven environment)

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Mechanical design principles (plastics, metals, assemblies)
• Injection molding, tooling, and DFM/DFA principles
• Tolerance stack-up analysis and GD&T
• Failure modes related to mechanical systems (fatigue, creep, wear, vibration, thermal expansion)
• Material properties and selection (polymers, metals, coatings)
• Environmental and durability requirements (thermal cycling, vibration, ingress protection – IP ratings)
• DFMEA / PFMEA development and interpretation
• Root cause analysis tools (microscopy, cross-sectioning, dimensional analysis)
• Manufacturing processes (SMT interaction, assembly, fastening methods, sealing systems)
• Supplier manufacturing processes and validation (PPAP, control plans)
• CAD tools (e.g., NX, Creo, SolidWorks) and basic CAE understanding
• Understanding of automotive standards (IATF 16949, ISO, OEM-specific requirements)