Applications Engineer (Principal Product Engineer)

Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Job Number: 080428-WAS0005 TRW Automotive is a $13.1 billion dollar company with over 63,000 employees and 209 facilities in 28 countries. Among the top suppliers globally, TRW is the world leader in automotive safety, developing and producing the industry's widest variety of active and passive systems. Number one in both after-market chassis and after-market braking, they serve all major OEM vehicle manufacturers worldwide, with operations covering every main vehicle producing region and growing at a pace that matches the future needs of customers. At the core of TRW Automotive's culture is a value system that thrives on a highly skilled, global, and diverse workforce. TRW Automotive's ability to serve its customers depends upon the skill, experience and dedication of each employee. TRW Automotive is a company of great minds, and new hires join a world-class group of business leaders, innovators, and engineers committed to making a difference in society and in their communities. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity in an environment that lets you demonstrate - and be rewarded for - your best efforts, start your career search here. Applications Engineer (Principal Product Engineer)Job Responsibilities: • Manages major work packages in advanced development program(s) in functional organization. • Serves as a liaison between the customer, engineering, manufacturing, sales on specific products and programs. • Assists in providing technical interface between the customer and TRW operating units. • Responsible for flow down of customer vehicle level requirements into system and component requirements. • Responsible for defining customer requirements and gaining customer approval for system level performance requirements and other design expectations and/or constraints. • Coordinate steering system packaging into vehicle environment. • Ability to coordinate, approve design changes and drawing updates between TRW and the customer. • Participate in customer ride and handling development activities. • Coordination of technical information and timing requirements for sample/prototype builds between customer and TRW operating units.  • Builds relationship with customers to create a climate of collaboration and open communication.Qualifications: • 8-10 years experience in automotive engineering.  Experience in EPHS, column drive electric and hydraulic power steering preferred. • Travel to customer sites and other TRW locations on an as needed basis.  (10% -20%).  May include international travel. • Ability to interface at various levels of management at TRW as well as the customer. • Must possess strong written and oral communication skills. • Proficient with Microsoft Office suite. • Attend training on an as needed basis to ensure up-to-date knowledge.Education: • BSME/BSEE required.  Masters Degree in a technical field preferred.  As an employer with an Affirmative Action Obligation pursuant to Executive Order 11246, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act, and the Rehabilitation Act, we must comply with government regulations regarding the collection of demographic information about our employees and about those individuals being considered for employment with our organization. In order to meet this objective, TRW Automotive is required to invite individuals being considered for employment to self-identify as to gender, ethnicity, and racial origin. Individuals invited to self-identify may do so immediately or at anytime in the future. WE ASK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS EFFORT BY COMPLETING THE APPLICANT PROFILE. PROVISION OF THIS INFORMATION IS VOLUNTARY AND REFUSAL TO PROVIDE IT WILL NOT SUBJECT YOU TO ADVERSE TREATMENT. FURTHER, IF PROVIDED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND USED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACTS AND REGULATIONS.