Occupant Sensing Mechanical Specialist

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Overview:
As an Occupant Sensing Mechanical Specialist, you will play a critical role in designing fluid-filled bladder systems that deliver precise pressure profiles for differentiating between small and large occupants and various types of child seats. Collaborating closely with customers and internal teams, you will ensure seamless integration of these systems into seat designs while maintaining high standards of safety, durability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional internal teams to review project schedules, address issues, and align on deliverables.

  • Work with customer seat CAD data to design and integrate bladders and ECU systems into seat designs, ensuring consistency in performance, durability, comfort, and compliance with Aptiv’s Occupant Sensing Design Standards.

  • Conduct lab activities including:

    • Collecting pressure profiles.

    • Using prototype tooling for cutting and welding urethane bladders.

    • Assisting in data collection studies involving robot-controlled force application, live occupants, and test dummies.

  • Analyze pressure profiles to refine bladder footprint and characteristics, releasing design, tooling, and process documentation to meet stringent vehicle safety standards.

  • Follow Aptiv’s Mechanical Engineering Development Process to ensure quality and consistency in deliverables.

Requirements:

  • Commitment to an in-office/lab presence 4 to 5 days per week, with 0 to 1 day of remote work.

  • Proficiency in Mechanical Engineering CAD software for design work.

  • Competency with common office software, including MS Excel, Word, and Outlook.

What We Offer:

  • A collaborative and innovative work environment at the forefront of automotive safety technology.

  • Opportunities to work on cutting-edge occupant sensing systems that make vehicles safer for everyone.

  • The chance to develop and refine your expertise in mechanical design and occupant sensing technologies.

Traits We’re Seeking

  • Curiously investigate everything – ability to solve problems analytically, creatively and collaboratively
  • Lead with confidence – thought leaders who empower those around them
  • Learn by doing – an entrepreneurial mindset that’s driven by hands-on experimentation
  • Embrace resilience – seeing every challenge as a learning opportunity and invitation to grow

Why join us?

  • You can grow at Aptiv. Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity or beliefs.
  • You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we want a safer world for us and our children, one with: Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.
  • You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family and your physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package.

Your Benefits at Aptiv:

  • Private health care effective day 1 of employment
  • Life and accident insurance
  • Paid Time Off (Holidays, Vacation, Designated time off, Parental leave)
  • Relocation assistance may be available
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Discount programs with various manufacturers and retailers
  • Recognition for innovation and excellence
  • Opportunities to give back to the community
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Fertility Coverage

Apply today, and together let’s change tomorrow! 

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