BIW Engineer - Chassis

Role details

Job Title: Mechanical Design - Structural

Location: Middlebury, IN (On-site, 5 days/week)

Contract Length: 12 months Potential extension

Client : Winnebago

Responsibilities

Develop and execute Mechanical designs for structures from conception through prototyping and handoff to business units for production, including: • Develop mechanical designs supporting RV motorized, towables and marine products. Design projects can range from mechanical subsystems such as mechanisms to load bearing structures. • Perform trade studies on designs and materials.

• Select manufacturing technologies to support resultant designs and material selections. • Perform Failure Modes and Effects Analysis on structural design solutions. • Support and conduct engineering analysis including Finite Element Analysis for structural strength including factor-of-safety evaluation.

• Lead overall packaging studies for vehicle chassis structure to determine ideal component and subsystem layout and mounting. • Perform make/buy studies and identify candidate suppliers for structural component/material solutions. • Lead/support selection of suppliers and serve as the primary contact for component suppliers through the design, prototyping, and production readiness phases.

• Collaborate with other vehicle subsystem owners to engineer appropriate mounting points for components. • Develop and release design data and documentation to adequately specify subsystem content at RFQ, prototype and business unit handoff phases. • Provide input into and support the execution of system and vehicle-level testing as needed.

Support Project Management and Systems Engineering tasks.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering (or closely related engineering field)
• 7\+ years of relevant experience
• Experience taking similar (vehicle-related) products from concept to production manufacturing.
• Prior experience developing body structures, including unibody and body-on-frame designs and working with cutting-edge materials and construction methods.
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
• Strong 3D Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) skills and knowledge coupled with Product Data/Lifecycle Management experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing industry and on an engineering team.
• Working knowledge of Project Management and Systems Engineering methodologies.

Background • Prior experience with composite materials including many of the following: thermoplastics, thermosets, thermoset resin systems, prepregs, cores including Polypropylene honeycomb cores, rPET cores, fibers including carbon, natural, hemp fibers, flax, carbon fiber reinforced polymer products, composite sandwich panels using different types of skin lamination and lamination methods, bonded/premolded joints, and composite-to-composite joining. • Prior experience utilizing circular materials in structural designs and vehicle applications. • Prior vehicle engineering experience involving any of the following: automotive, recreational vehicle, heavy-duty equipment, trucks, buses, trailers, delivery vans, and aircraft.

• Experience creating designs that improve quality, safety, reliability & maintainability.