The Seat Complete Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering vehicle seating systems. This includes ensuring that seats meet Regulatory, Safety, Comfort and Packaging requirmeents. The role involves working across different departments and managing the seat product from the initial concept through to production.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and/or integrate seat structures, seat components, foam, trim and full seat systems.
- Handle product release lifecycle: create and maintain BOMs, manage design revisions using change management systems.
- Ensure successful integration of the seat system in the vehicle.
- Develop DVPRs and support both prototype and production builds.
- Analyze problems, lead root cause and troubleshooting on design and manufacturing issues.
- Implement interim and permanent corrective actions to design and manufacturing issues.
- Work closely with suppliers on the design, quality and delivery of seat parts.
- Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to meet project goals.
- Oversee the full life of the seat product from concept, through production, to end-of-life.
- Make sure all designs meet regulations, safety, comfort and packaging requirements.
- Drive weight and cost reduction initiatives.
- Communicate product status to leadership.
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
- Minimum of 5+ years of engineering experience in the automotive industry.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, ability to work autonomously, excellent communication skills, positive attitude, willingness to learn, flexibility, team-player, and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with seat complete integration and components.
- Understanding of components and physical integration in vehicle.
- Familiarity with FMVSS and ECE requirements.
- CAD Skills: Skilled in 3D modeling software (e.g., Teamcenter/NX).
- Design quality methods such as DFMEA to identify and prevent potential issues early.
- Experience with global project management and leading cross-functional teams.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
- Minimum of 5+ years of engineering experience in the automotive industry.
- Familiarity with seat complete integration and components.
- Understanding of vehicle component physical integration.
- Familiarity with FMVSS and ECE regulatory requirements.
- CAD skills: skilled in 3D modeling software (Teamcenter/NX).
- Knowledge of design quality methods such as DFMEA.
- Experience with global project management and leading cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated leadership, autonomy, strong communication, team-player attitude, and attention to detail.
Stellantis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Pay Growth & Progression — Contract-driven increases lifted hourly wages roughly 25% over 4.5 years and restored cost-of-living adjustments, pushing top rates near $42 per hour by the end of the agreement. Union hourly positions appear to have benefited most since the 2023 deal.
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Affordable Benefits — UAW-represented hourly workers pay no premiums and about 3% of total healthcare costs while receiving comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. This creates materially lower out-of-pocket costs for represented hourly roles.
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Retirement Support — Post-2007 hourly hires receive a 10% employer 401(k) contribution and legacy workers saw defined-benefit improvements with retiree bonuses. Salaried roles also cite a 401(k) with employer match and contribution up to a maximum of 8%.
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