Product Analyst - Switches and Sensors

Volkswagen Group Services is a company of the Volkswagen Group, oriented towards working for the Group's companies worldwide. We provide services in the areas of logistics, technology, engineering, quality, commercial services, human resources, communication, and administrative and financial services. We are focused on our customers' activities and assume the responsibility of performing them on their behalf. Volkswagen Group Services was founded in April 2001, in Wolfsburg, Germany, under the name AutoVision and was renamed Volkswagen Group Services in 2018. The new name reflects the strategic orientation of the Group, including its brands and companies. Currently, we have offices in seven European locations. And in 2023, we began South American operations, with our first headquarters in Brazil.

Responsibilities and assignments

Develop switches and sensors used in the electrical architecture of VW trucks and buses, in order to meet the requirements of Sales and Marketing, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Technical Assistance, promoting improvements in the process, assembly compositions, part releases, ensuring pre-defined deadlines and costs, with a focus on delivering value to our customers. Main activities and responsibilities:

• Develop switches and sensors according to the technical content of the program(s), development of LAH’s, control the parts list, and meet the respective timings;
• Develop and certify switches and sensors, regarding:
• Homologation of cabin parts/systems according to National and International Standards.
• Control and monitoring of bench tests and durability tests.
• Support the definition of tests and means for certification of parts/systems
• Development and drafting of Technical Standards.
• Interpretation and control of analyses during the Pre-Development phase (FMEA etc.);
• Analysis and definition of actions for Legislation items, according to the affected country(ies);
• Analysis and definition of actions to ensure the Feasibility of the project(s).
• Assembly concept – analysis and definition of assembly composition - PDM;
• Support FMEA activities and the respective documentation;
• Develop or monitor 3D models for DMU, VPP, VPB validation;
• Develop Layout studies and construction/closing of surfaces;
• Support release activities (P Release, B Release, etc.)
• Support the development of component software, if applicable;
• Develop, monitor, and define the actions and documents pertinent to technical meetings: Project Team, Techday, Launching Meeting, Fachgruppen Meeting, EVC Meeting, Planta Piloto, AUDIT, Cost Reduction, etc.;
• Analyze (failure mode) and define the actions (interim & definitive) pertinent to Field items, Production Normals, AUDIT, and Manufacturing, as well as prepare all necessary documentation to support changes/releases throughout the entire Engineering process;
• Monitor technical documents pertinent to Engineering processes for the officialization and implementation of programs/changes in parts/systems (AMP’s, PM’s, Deviations, Technical Analyses, FMEA’s, DU’s, PDM’s);
• Have access to and knowledge of Product Release systems (AVON, MBT, TISynchro, KVS, ...);
• Support the tests necessary for homologation/certification of parts/systems according to the content of the program(s) and change(s) according to the needs of Continuous items;
• Define, together with the Engineers, the TTP and the respective JOURNAL for the programs;
• Monitor testing activities with Full Vehicle Engineering and external suppliers;
• Support the team responsible for drafting Test instructions;
• Consider product life cycle analysis in the development stages of a new product;
• Knowledge of environmental aspects and impacts and environmental legal requirements applicable to your function;
• Propose Cost / Complexity reduction, for projects and series;
• Monitoring of development activities with suppliers (conceptualization, technical studies, tooling, tests...);
• Planning of activities in your area of operation respecting the "milestones" of each project;
• Apply innovations and new technologies to current products and projects.

Requirements and qualifications

Education: Electrical/electronic/Mechatronics/Computing Engineering or other related engineering fields.

Other specializations: Artificial Intelligence, Post-Graduation in Automotive Engineering / Electrical / Electronic / Mechatronics / Project Management and/or Business Management desirable; Data Science, Data Analytics and Big Data; Scrum and Design Thinking; Others related to AI. Hybrid / Electric vehicles; Vehicle Dynamics

Language: Advanced/Fluent English.

Additional information

This is a CLT opportunity, with on-site work in Resende/RJ

Benefits:

• Sulamerica Health Plan
• Sulamerica Dental Plan
• Meal Voucher
• Food Voucher
• Daycare Assistance
• Well-being Program
• Private Pension
• Life Insurance
• PLR