Senior Mechanical Engineer - Exteriors & Closures

Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you will develop design solutions for the body and exterior systems from concept phase through physical implementation utilizing multiple manufacturing processes. You will lead the perception of the product and their first touch points interacting with the trailer.

Requirements

• Develop and execute mechanical designs for linear actuation, windows/glazings, or closures, from conception through prototyping and production, selecting manufacturing technologies well matched to program volumes and in line with vehicle cost and performance targets.
• Develop and release design data and documentation to adequately specify subsystem content at RFQ, prototype and production release phases.
• Support selection of suppliers and act as primary contact for vehicle exterior component suppliers through the DFM, prototyping, and production readiness phases.
• Plan and carry out component and subsystem level testing to validate designs and identify opportunities for design improvement throughout the phases.
• Provide input into, and support the execution of system and vehicle level testing as needed.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 8 Company Holidays
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip