Mechanical Engineer
astemo · Berea, Kentucky, United States · On-site
Posted Oct 5, 2026
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Company Name:
ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.
Job Family:
Engineering
Job Description:
Job Summary
In this role, under the supervision of the Manager, you'll support technology development for xEV Motors at Astemo America. You'll be responsible for understanding customer requirements and then working with a global engineering team to design/develop a motor to meet customer needs.
Job Responsibilities:
Lead and/or support mechanical packaging development activities for new xEV motor business in Astemo Americas.
Plans and manage activities for multiple projects to ensure goals or objectives are accomplished within a prescribed timeframe.
Receive, evaluate, and utilize customer engineering requirements and work with global team to provide optimum motor design for each application.
Facilitate accurate & timely motor program technical communication between OEM customers to the US / Japan design teams, Astemo manufacturing sites, and suppliers.
Participate with Astemo US & Japan Design Engineering organizations in the original design / existing design improvements / performance validation / production launch activities of xEV motors for various automotive powertrain products applications.
Create and/or oversee 3-D CAD, 2-D drawings, CAE or other technical information/specifications as needed for product design.
Provide as needed on-site support to the motor and external motor manufacturing sites for various engineering duties during sample and mass production timing.
Support various types of product pricing, quoting, and cost investigation activities.
Prepare various types of technical data / information documents using industry standard PC based software programs (i.e.: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CAD, CAE, etc.)
Support product validation testing, prototype build and test, and other engineering deliverables in the development phase of product life cycle.
Lead and/or support post SORP VEC activities to reduce production costs and/or improve quality.
Develop and manage budgets, including system data entry and maintenance.
Monitor market trends and benchmark competitors to understand our market position and identify improvement opportunities.
Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :
Possess experience with 3-D CAD creation and 2-D drawing creation.
Possess experience with Mechanical CAE (thermal, structural, etc.) especially, experience in correlation verification between CAE result and actual measurements.
Understanding of electrified vehicle system and integration of inverter and motor.
Experience interfacing with customers and/or suppliers to explain technical documents/drawings/information.
Experience with tolerance stack-ups, GD&T, FTA, DFMEA, DRBFM, and DFSS.
High level technical problem-solving skills.
High level interpersonal skills to collaborate internally and externally.
Experience managing projects from concept through execution.
The ideal candidate is preferred to have the following…