Position Description

Role: Senior Design Engineer Reports to: Engineering Manager/Director Team Size: 2 associates

Key accountabilities/responsibilities for this role include:

The Senior Design Engineer is responsible for leading program level designs and prototype fabrications for composite design solutions. The senior design engineer utilizes standard composite structural analyses and modeling to develop innovative solutions to customer program requirements and needs. The senior design engineer is also responsible for the management and execution of design programs within the engineering department. This includes but is not limited to, program schedule management, program budget management, overall program scope and execution. The senior design engineer also utilizes, as well as mentors, design engineers as part of a complete team to ensure program design activities, goals, and targets are completed on-time, on budget, and are successful. Key emphasis is the ability to lead a fast-paced design team to bring composite solutions from concept through prototyping/production for customers in the transportation market.

Specific accountabilities of the role are noted below.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Lead engineer on design programs within the department; Responsible for program/project management (schedule, budget, action items) as well as reporting • Conceptual and detailed designs of composite components and assemblies • Ability to perform and review detailed finite element structural analysis of composite and metallic components and assemblies to investigate performance to customer requirements • Perform and present gated design reviews with both internal staff, as well as with customers at specific times in the design lifecycle of components • Conceptual design of composite components and assemblies to support proposals • Generate solid and surface component and assembly CAD models • Develop innovative solutions to customer requirements for composite component designs • Work as part of a team of design and manufacturing engineering staff to bring designs through prototyping and into serial production Who we are looking for:

Minimum Education and Experience Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and 5-10+ years relevant work experience Transportation composite or other composite experience preferred

Required Skills and Education

- Experience with detailed composite part/assembly design analysis is required - Experience with composite part fabrication and assembly is required - Proficient in CATIA V5 R2016 and Solidworks 2015 or later - All Microsoft Office software including Project 2010 or later - Great problem solving and communication skills - Ability to work on projects demanding fast prototype/production startups - Ability to work with vendors, customers and employees - Experience leading high performance teams in a fast-paced environment - Ability to maintain safe work environment

Preferred Skills and Education

- Background in transportation vehicle and/or component level designs is preferred - Experience in global organization - Experience with composite fabrication methods and processes - Project management and multi-tasking ability