Mechanical Design Engineer to AKWEL

As an automotive and heavy goods vehicle components manufacturer, we have two areas of expertise: Fluid Management and Mechanisms. We design, develop, and distribute high-performance products and systems to customers throughout the world. With nearly 12,000 employees worldwide distributed across 40 industrial sites and 7 representative offices in over 20 countries, our expertise enables us to provide our customers with increasingly competitive solutions to make their vehicles more reliable, more environmentally friendly, and more pleasant to drive.

AKWEL Sweden, formerly Autotube, is the automotive industry's resource for shaped pipes and conduits in metallic materials with high-tech expertise in air and liquid distribution. With factories in Varberg and Ulricehamn we employ a total of approximately 380 people. Focusing on customers mainly from the car industry Varberg employs approximately half of them. Want to know more about us? Please visit our website www.AKWEL-automotive.com

Are you a Design Engineer who wants to make vehicles more reliable, more environmentally friendly, and more pleasant to drive? Would you want to be involved in all phases of product development from first sketch to validation and series production?

AKWEL Sweden is the automotive industry's resource for shaped pipes and conduits in metallic materials. As part of an international automotive and heavy goods vehicle components manufacturer with main office in France, AKWEL Sweden are now looking for a Design Engineer with experience from automotive industry to join their team in Varberg. You will be part of a cross-functional organization, which supports AKWEL’s customers globally.

About the role
As a Design Engineer you will act as a link between customer and manufacturing, creating design solutions according to technical product requirements and company standards. You will work in all phases of product development, from a first sketch to prototype production, validation and finally series production. Your tasks will include but not be limited to:
• Creating and updating design data such as product drawings, CAD models and geometrical interfaces in CATIA V5
• Store, maintain and release design data using PLM software
• Perform design studies and mechanical construction of prototypes
• Testing and validation of design
• Manage the functional analysis and product failure mode analysis (FMEA)
• Responsibility for the design study schedule, the design study budget, and the consistency of the product design in relation to the specifications and customer expectations.

Your profile
We are looking for someone with university degree within mechanical engineering or similar field and at least two years' experience of design work within automotive industry. You should have good knowledge and experience from CAD/PLM tools and ability to balance the design between cost, quality, and performance, all the while taking constraints from production and other disciplines into consideration. Experience with functional analysis and product failure mode analysis, FMEA, is an advantage as well as good design knowledge in metal, plastic, and rubber. Solid ability to write and communicate in English and Swedish is a requirement.

We believe that you are a problem solver who likes to achieve success in collaboration with others. Through a structured and purposeful approach, you drive both tasks and people forward, while at the same time building trust. You have a positive attitude and strive for long term relations while building your network.

Contact
In this recruitment process, AKWEL collaborates with Mpya Sci & Tech. For questions regarding the position, please contact Talent Advisor Johanna Engblom 0733-200 900. This is a full-time, permanent position that we hope to fill as soon as possible, and interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. Please submit your application at www.mpyascitech.com no later than April 18th, 2022. Curious about AKWEL and this role? Please get in touch.

About AKWEL
As an automotive and heavy goods vehicle components manufacturer, we have two areas of expertise: Fluid Management and Mechanisms. We design, develop, and distribute high-performance products and systems to customers throughout the world. With nearly 12,000 employees worldwide distributed across 40 industrial sites and 7 representative offices in over 20 countries, our expertise enables us to provide our customers with increasingly competitive solutions to make their vehicles more reliable, more environmentally friendly, and more pleasant to drive.

AKWEL Sweden, formerly Autotube, is the automotive industry's resource for shaped pipes and conduits in metallic materials with high-tech expertise in air and liquid distribution. With factories in Varberg and Ulricehamn we employ a total of approximately 380 people. Focusing on customers mainly from the car industry Varberg employs approximately half of them. Want to know more about us? Please visit our website www.AKWEL-automotive.com