Sr Application Engineer

Aptiv team is looking for a highly motivated **Application Engineer **in our Saltillo or Juarez, Mexico facility to support customer and internal functions in exceeding customer expectation.

**The Application Engineer **will also be responsible for releasing Aptiv parts at customers, integration into the vehicle/system, gathering customer requirements, managing the change control process and pursuing new business/new technology opportunities.

**Your Role (i.e. Key Job Responsibilities)**:

- Maintain and grow customer relationships within multiple customer engineering teams
- Identify and evaluate new component business opportunities through customer interaction and communication
- Capture and summarize “Voice of the Customer”
- Provide Connection Systems Engineering Customer support (prints, specification, validation testing, samples, etc.)
- Support internal quote process (F3X, Pre-PXRB, PXRB)
- Support and/or create internal and customer reviews (design reviews, customer technical reviews, customer component evaluation, vehicle packaging review, etc.)
- P rovide customer pre-launch/launch support
- Provide customer formal and open issue tracking
- Support customer and internally initiated change management (technical details, coordination, timing, etc.)
- Be the point of contact with OEM, vehicle platform teams and Harness Makers (Tiers)
- Ensure timing Aptiv and customer plans are correct and that risks are identified
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed (less than 25%)
- Ensure compliance with customer specific requirements
- Curiously investigates everything with an ability to solve problems analytically, creatively and collaboratively
- Leads with confidence and empowers those around them Embraces resilience; sees every challenge as a learning opportunity and invitation to grow

**Your Required Background (i.e. Must Haves)**:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- 3+ years of experience of wiring design or manufacturing with automotive connection systems including: housings, terminals and high speed cable assemblies, wiring design or manufacturing
- **3+ years of experience with role involving customer interfacing**:

- **3+ years of experience within the automotive industry**:

- Excellent time management and work prioritization skills
- Assertive attitude
- **Excellent English oral and written communication skills**:

- Basic PC skills using Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Chrome, Skype, Teams, Webex. Available to travel

**Your Preferred Background (i.e. Nice to Haves)**:

- Master's degree in Engineering or MBA
- Ability to interface with multiple customers and organizations simultaneously
- Ability to forge relationships with customer engineering and business teams
- Strong results-orientation and execution characteristics
- Resourcefully innovative and adapts in a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a strong ability to work with a team
- Ability to effectively organize, prioritize and accomplish multiple conflicting tasks, make intelligent, timely decisions and solve problems independently
- Strong presence, poise and persuasiveness to establish a high level of credibility quickly

**Why join us?**
- **You can grow at Aptiv. **Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where everyone 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, and Zero accidents.
- **You have support **. We ensure you have the resources and support to take care of your family and physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package.

**Your Benefits at Aptiv**:

- Compensation package, including Major Medical Insurance and life Insurance
- Flexible Retirement Plan
- Learning, professional growth and development in a world-recognized international environment
- Access to internal & external training, coaching & certifications
- Scholarships
- Recognition for innovation and excellence
- Opportunities to give back to the community
- Meaningful work that makes a difference in the world
- Recognition for innovation and excellence
- Tuition Reimbursement

Aptiv is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.