Job Description
OVERVIEW
Designed, engineered and built in Kenya, Mobius Motors sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. Versatile, rugged and durable, it is designed for African cities whilst still being extremely capable off-road.
We are seeking to hire an exceptional Engineer interested in a truly unique entrepreneurial opportunity to create impact on a global scale as part of our Technical Team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Technical team ensures that Mobius Motors has selected and developed the optimum technological solution to maximise the value and benefit of our product offering to our customers. This encompasses the following areas:
Innovation: Strategic selection and application of existing and new technology in a new manner to address challenging product development needs
Design & Development: Utilisation of lean and agile design & development best practices to efficiently introduce new products & solutions quickly and robustly
Capability: Development of the right technological knowhow both internally & externally (through partners) to allow pushing the boundary of capable product development goals
Every member of the Technical team takes responsibility for supporting the business needs above, which may require expanding responsibilities as needed, additional learning, and tackling new professional challenges beyond what is reflected in this Job Description.
FUNCTIONAL AREAS RESPONSIBILITIES
Design
Requirements Development: Ensure team develops detailed requirements documents to support component and system sourcing and development
CAD Models & Drawings Development: Ensure team produce accurate and timely 3D and 2D designs
Design Principles Adherence: Implement Design for Assembly and manufacture and Mobius design principles
Design Review Process: Ensure comprehensive design development & review process is followed ensuring adequate review and sign-off from Commercial, Production and Quality. Ensure use of FMEA tools to develop robust designs. Work with team to resolve any design conflicts
Project management
Development Timeline: Manage vehicle development project to meet vehicle performance and timeline targets. Ensure alignment with DVP timelines
Team Work Plans: Plan project design work to meet project timelines with sufficient breakdown to individual engineers work plans
Risk Management: Proactively manage and communicate system design project risk:
Assess risks
Plan for risks
Implement and measure risk actions
Communication: Maintain up to date project plans and communicate with team on changes
Issues Escalation: Provide regular adequate project and design status summary to senior management for review and escalation
People Management & Learning
Team management: Effectively manage design engineers to ensure high productivity and engagement to deliver desired work activities
Team performance: Regularly report to senior management on status and issues
Team Training and Capacity Building: Proactively and intentionally improve engineering and team skills through books, training courses and other means. Empower and increase technical and professional capacity of design engineers.
Analysis
CAE Analysis: Review and direct CAE analysis
Supply Chain Support
Supplier Development: Oversee support of supply chain with technical advice and requirement documents including support for overseas visits to suppliers as required
Supplier Design Issues Support: Engage with suppliers and supply chain team to find technical solutions
Prototype Builds
Vehicle Build Support: Assist timely completion of prototype builds where possible
Verification, Validation and Testing
Testing Support: Support development of test strategy and optimisation of DVP for programme goals of early issue discovery
Test Issue Resolution: Mentor and lead problem solving with Engineers based on test issues generation
Production Troubleshooting
Production Implementation: Support planning of vehicle system production and assemblyProduction Ramp up Support: Responsible for technical team solving production ramp up issuesContinuous Improvement: Generate and implement ideas to improve manufacturability
Documentation
CAD Data Management: Ensure all vehicle product data is maintained in appropriate systems
BOM
PLM
Design Data Management: Ensure storage of engineering analysis, supplier technical information etc. along with company policy
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Academic & Professional
Bachelor degree (minimum) in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering or similar
Functional Knowledge & Skills
10+ years related experience in automotive product design/development engineering
Proficiency in SolidWorks, CATIA or AutoCAD
Strong fundamental engineering and physics expertise
Strong system knowledge both theoretical and practical
Knowledge and experience of verification, validation and test strategy design
Passion for prototype development and a pragmatic attitude
Ability to adapt to a dynamic working environment and work within a diverse team
Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively with others
High level of analytical and problem solving skills
General
Experience of managing technical teams and delivering projects
Proven project management skills
Ability to self-manage; taking ownership of projects: budgeting, work planning, resource management and reporting
A start-up personality; entrepreneurial, ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setback
Reliable, diligent and hard-working team player
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