Engineering Consultant

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Goken America is an Engineering Services and Product Development company founded in 2004. At Goken America we strive to expand and deliver upon our company motto of “Creating Something Different”. We are continually striving to strengthen our organization, and are always seeking talented individuals who have a strong desire to work in an environment where they can make a difference.

Our “Vision” is to empower our associates to affect change wherever change is needed. Our “Mission” is that in building trust we foster greatness in our people, excellence in our clients and impact in our communities.

Goken America provides an excellent benefits package, one month of paid time off per year and a very competitive compensation plan. In addition, when applicable, we will also provide relocation assistance, temporary housing, visa support and other fringe benefits.

This role will work with clients to support engineering design and process improvement activities for different functional areas. Serve as an expert on design practices and provide training, coaching to engineers on best design practices for systems including CATIA, ENOVIA, and 3DExperience.

Responsibilities

• Execute projects at the Tech center and support engineering engagements as required.
• Develop product designs, vehicle layouts and drawings primarily using CATIA V5 or V6 and other CAD tools as required.
• Offer design support to projects at Goken Tech Center as needed.
• Manage projects assigned by monitoring and tracking the progress of projects and handle any issues that arise.
• Report the progress and escalate any issues to management as needed.
• Maintain responsibility for meeting the project deadlines.
• Support development and delivery of training/coaching on CATIA V5, Enovia, 3DX.
• Support consulting engagements on design engineering and manufacturing practices development and process improvement.
• Identify inefficiencies and recommend best design practices, technical processes, and other solutions to meet requirements.
• If required, assist with development of best design practices and processes as needed.
• Develop solutions including but not limited to templates, UDFs, macros.
• Deploy and evaluate developed best practices and solutions.
• Analyze and resolve problems with moderate level of guidance and direction.
•  Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards and following a course life cycle to ensure quality and consistency. Ensure on-time deliverables.
• Evolve technical skills by attending educational workshops; reviewing publications and exploring new practices and methodologies.
• Demonstrate strong presentation skills, strong verbal and written communication skills
• Maintain safe and healthy working environment by following organization standards and legal regulations.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Manufacturing, Aerospace, or Automotive Engineering and 2+ years relevant experience in the automotive field or in a similarly related area.
• Minimum 5 years practical design experience with CATIA V5 or V6. Also, practical experience with other CAD tools like Solidworks, UGNX is a plus.
• Two plus years working experience in various automotive & product engineering concepts, practices, and procedures. Desire experience working in multiple functional areas of the vehicle: Ex - Body, Interior, Chassis etc.
• Experience creating automation solutions in CATIA V5 using templates, macros and basic programming preferred
• Good understanding of DFM (Design for Manufacturability)
• Exposure to CAE tools preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to plan, multi-task and manage time efficiently
• Ability to travel to client sites.

Goken America (“Goken”) is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other applicable protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity, and maintain employment statistics on applicants.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is, in simple terms, a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity. Please inform Goken’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.