Product Development Engineer

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Bosal Group

BOSAL is a Dutch privately owned company, mainly known as a global Tier 1 automotive supplier, in business since 1923.We employ about 2500 people in 16 production facilities of which the largest ones are situated in Czechia, Mexico, Spain, Turkey and South Africa.

Our corporate research center is based in Belgium, next to that we run 5 other R&D satellites worldwide.

Our company is organized around 3 business areas:

• Powertrain: in this largest BOSAL division, we design and manufacture emission control systems (cold end + hot end) for passenger cars and heavy duty vehicles (ICE + hybrid)
• Chassis: this division comprises a large range of welded and formed products going from seat frames to fuel tanks and air tanks, to towbars and jacks.
• Energy: the Energy Conversion business unit of BOSAL designs and manufactures state-of-the-art plate and tube heat exchangers for advanced power generators. We have 20 years’ experience in the area of gas turbines and fuel cell systems, not only as a supplier of components but also as a system integrator.

Currently we are looking for a Product Development Engineer in Lummen (Belgium):

The product development engineer is part of the AfterMarket (AM) towbar development team that develops towbars for a wide range of vehicles. The work starts from developing the towbar based on a vehicle scan. The towbar design is made using a number of design guidelines. The development includes the CAD design, testing, homologation, production drawings release and an installation manual.

Responsibilities:

• Develop AM towbars with support of the relevant technical experts.
• Plan, organize and monitor the product development process in order to achieve the milestones and the deliverables.
• Take responsibility and leadership for the problem solving with regard to the product definition. You facilitate consensus and trade-offs in reaching the project goals.
• You are responsible for the technical communication. Within this responsibility you support Sales with technical presentations.
• Monitor the availability ‘in time and in full’ of the required documentation in line with the existing procedures for the Product Creation Process
• Take responsibility for the maintenance of the product configuration of your products until EOL of the product.

Your profile:

Skills & Experience:

• Master degree in (Mechanical) Engineering or equivalent through on the job experience.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a product development environment. Experience in automotive is a plus.
• Experience with innovation on new products (preferably mechanical products).
• You are independent, enthusiastic and proactive. You are also flexible and willing to travel to our factory in the Czech Republic once or twice a year.
• Perfect Dutch and English language skills.

Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset, passion for Product Development and do you want to invest in your career? Then we offer an inspiring job in an unique environment with an interesting remuneration package with additional benefits.

More information?

Are you interested or do you want more information about this position? Then send your CV and motivation letter to Careers@Bosal.com or apply via the Linkedin apply button.