Vehicle Kinematics Design Engineer

As a successful family-owned company on a path to global growth, the Brose Group offers challenging responsibilities and exciting career opportunities to performance-driven, skilled specialists with solid professional knowledge and proven career expertise who wish to contribute to our company’s success.

Your tasks

• Lead end-to-end design activities for assigned programs—from idea generation and concept studies to concept release—in close collaboration with the Project Engineer.
• Create design proposals and 3D CAD models (CATIA V5); prepare, check, and release drawings with full GD&T.
• Manage design changes from internal teams, customers, and suppliers; maintain clear documentation and version control.
• Participate in formal and informal design/engineering reviews; incorporate feedback to improve concepts and manufacturability.
• Define and refine product specifications with stakeholders; ensure compliance with internal design standards.
• Initiate and interpret engineering analyses (e.g., FEA) to validate concepts and guide design decisions.
• Verify customer requirements and interfaces; align boundary conditions between customer and suppliers.
• Identify IP considerations and support property rights evaluations.
• Guide and review outsourced design work; benchmark competitor products and integrate learnings.
• Work effectively under deadlines while balancing functionality, quality, and cost targets; represent concepts to customers and suppliers within your technical scope.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field; 5+ years’ product development experience in the automotive industry.
• Deep knowledge of vehicle exterior and interior kinematic mechanisms (e.g., hinges, linkages, motion systems) and their integration.
• Proven creativity in concept development and strong problem-solving skills across the product lifecycle.
• Proficiency in CATIA V5, 3D modeling, and 2D drawings; solid command of GD&T and drafting standards.
• Sound understanding of materials (steel, aluminum, plastics) and manufacturing processes—especially stamping and injection molding; familiarity with sheet metal and plastics processing.
• Ability to initiate/read FEA results and translate findings into design improvements.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills; fluent spoken and written English (Chinese a plus).
• Proficiency with MS Office; organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable coordinating with customers, suppliers, and internal teams.

With our Brose work environment, we offer you a modern working environment:
The flexible office concept promotes a working atmosphere characterized by open communication and the greatest possible efficiency. Variable working hours give you sufficient leeway to balance family and career. Our employees receive results-oriented compensation as well as innovative social benefits in the areas of health, fitness and company catering.

Please send your application documents via our online form.