Forvia, a sustainable mobility technology leader

We pioneer technology for mobility experience that matter to people.

Your mission, roles and responsibilities

The Cold End Product Specialist is the primary product development contact for the PDL, who is responsible at the vehicle level, throughout the product development phase. The Specialist collaborates with cross functional specialists and experts from CAD, FEA, CFD, NVH, and manufacturing to ensure the product is properly developed, validated and is manufacturable. Responsible for ensuring 3D design freeze in line with customer and internal milestones. Accountable for the development, design freeze, and validation of sub-systems and components to ensure that the overall vehicle architecture satisfies applicable requirements for durability, noise performance, gas flow optimization, thermal-mechanical stress management and heat management.

The main missions of the role are to:

• Lead full-system and subsystem product development to achieve robustness targets for durability, noise, NVH, heat management, safety, and manufacturing feasibility.
• Translate customer specifications and DVP requirements into FCM internal validation plans.
• Coordinate CAD, FEA, CFD, NVH, and manufacturing interfaces to ensure cold ends are developed, validated, and manufacturable.
• Ensure subsystem and component level development and validation while supporting the PDL with physical vehicle-level validation.
• Define appropriate design content, considering the usage of generic, carryover, and/or innovation related components.
• Support programs during the acquisition phase.
• Lead internal design reviews as the technical product leader to promote generic solutions, cost control, and manufacturability.
• Create and maintain generic DFMEAs, incorporating latest lessons learned.
• Lead problem solving and root cause analysis for premature or unexpected test failures.
• Represent NAO in global network activities, sharing lessons learned and supporting the development, use, and release of standards.
• Support Purchasing in supplier technical reviews and VAVE related activities.
• Evaluate DCS deviations and approve or reject as appropriate.
• Create, update, and release engineering generics and specifications for related systems, subassemblies, and components.
• Provide product training to the engineering community.

Your profile and competencies to succeed

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline, or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Automotive background is preferred.
• Proven ability to use CAE tools is a plus.  (CFD, FEA, Flow Simulation)
• Knowledge or exposure to NVH
• Strong communication and problem solving skills.
• General automotive knowledge and Tier I or OEM engineering experience preferred.
• Strong teamwork sense.
• DVP & R (working knowledge)
• Problem solving methodology

Desirable qualifications:

• DVP & R (working knowledge)
• Problem solving methodology (Lean 6 Sigma)
• Concurrent Engineering
• Manufacturing Processes
• Emissions
• Applied engineering:
  • heat transfer
  • noise
  • fluid flow
  • vibrations
  • static/dynamics
  • thermodynamics
  • materials

Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position now or in the future.

What we can do for you

• At Forvia, you will find an engaging and dynamic environment where you can contribute to the development of sustainable mobility leading technologies.  
• We are the seventh-largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in more than 40 countries which makes a lot of opportunity for career development. 
• We welcome energetic and agile people who can thrive in a fast-changing environment. People who share our strong values. Team players with a collaborative mindset and a passion to deliver high standards for our clients. Lifelong learners. High performers. Globally minded people who aspire to work in a transforming industry, where excellence, speed, and quality count. 
• We cultivate a learning environment, dedicating tools and resources to ensure we remain at the forefront of mobility.  Our people enjoy an average of more than 22 hours of online and in-person training within FORVIA University (five campuses around the world) 
• We offer a multicultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration. We believe that diversity is a strength. To create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity create real value for the company, we have adopted gender diversity targets and inclusion action plans. 
• Achieving CO2 Net Zero as a pioneer of the automotive industry is a priority: In June 2022, Forvia became the first global automotive group to be certified with the new SBTI Net-Zero Standard (the most ambitious standard of SBTi), aligned with the ambition of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Three principles guide our action: use less, use better and use longer, with a focus on recyclability and circular economy. 

Why join us

FORVIA is an automotive technology group at the heart of smarter and more sustainable mobility. We bring together expertise in electronics, clean mobility, lighting, interiors, seating, and lifecycle solutions to drive change in the automotive industry.

With a history stretching back more than a century, we are the 7th largest global automotive supplier, employing more than 157,000 people in 43 countries. You'll find our technology in around 1 out of 2 vehicles produced anywhere in the world.

In June 2022, we became the 1st global automotive group to be certified with the SBTI Net-Zero Standard. We have committed to reach CO2 Net Zero by no later than 2045.

As technological innovation and the need for sustainability transform the automotive industry, we are ideally positioned to deliver solutions that will enhance the lives of road-users everywhere.