Design Release Engineer
Stellantis
Auburn Hills, MI, USA · Phenix City, AL, USA
Posted on Jan 14, 2026
The Mechatronics DRE job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Directly involved with supplier design efforts and design reviews to ensure the supplier design meets Stellantis expectations as listed in Stellantis specifications.
- Ensure systems comply with quality, performance, timing, and cost objectives.
- Collaborate with advanced team to develop, define, and package system designs prior to sourcing.
- Serve as regional on-site Mechatronics component support.
- Develop and maintain core boundary diagrams, interface matrices, parameter diagrams, Design for Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), and Design Validation Plan and Report (DVP&R).
- Support system integration and proper function with surrounding components, network communications, and Electronic Control Units (ECUs).
- Perform benchmarking, competitive analysis, and investigations on new technology.
- Support quality and warranty initiatives with technical specifications and evaluations.
- Ensure part variation and failure modes are addressed in an expedited way to improve customer satisfaction.
- Support business case studies and develop innovative ways of meeting required functional objectives and technical specifications with reduced investment.
- Perform technical evaluations during the Request for Quote (RFQ) process.
- Responsible for meeting all vehicle program milestones and conducting all releasing processes within Stellantis related to the component and its interface within the vehicle.
- Apply design best practices and lessons learned from past product developments within Stellantis.
- Responsible to interface with EE systems engineering in the development of vehicle functional (VF) specifications and work with our suppliers on Requirements Analysis (RAR).
- Review and approve software and hardware releases/changes including DVP&Rs and Software Component Verification/Validation Reports (CVVRs).
- Support efforts to meet warranty targets and relevant quality service field initiatives.
- Communicate component product development status on a weekly basis via DRE authored and maintained open issues list/project timelines and technical presentations.
- Ensure component level regulatory compliance requirements are met by coordinating with suppliers and internal Stellantis regulatory compliance teams.
- Direct suppliers in developing, testing, and releasing hardware and software to meet Stellantis vehicle level functional objectives and sub-system level behavior objectives.