Engineer I / Trim Development Engineer

Responsibilities 

• Developing trim covers to optimize the sewing process for manufacturing and obtain quality approval from the OEM customer.


• Strip sample seats/trim covers and make paper templates for each cut panel


• Digitize each paper panel and ensure all technical details are correct


• Plot patterns on a 1:1 scale, ID each pattern by material type and add sewing borders


• Confirm sewing process steps (Process flow diagram)


• Verify sew line distances by simulating sewing start to end on Accumark or AutoCad software or manually comparing 2D templates


• Hand optimized digital or paper patterns over for marker making and CNC cutting


• Construct bill of material for each trim cover showing hang on parts


• Sew trim covers or review sewing process to ensure optimized sewing process


• Built seat or review seat building process to review the quality of the comp...