Electrical Engineer

About the role

As an Engineer in Liaison Engineering, you will take on a pivotal role, providing technical support to engineers and technicians in tasks related to the assembly of transit buses. You will troubleshoot issues and implement solutions to ensure high-efficiency manufacturing operations, proactively identify and resolve process deficiencies. You will lead projects, mentor junior team members, and ensure the successful implementation of engineering solutions and improvements through effective communication and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a strong understanding of engineering design principles and manufacturing processes, improving project outcomes through accurate and manufacturable designs
• Proficiently troubleshoot and resolve production issues to ensure consistent flow and high-quality outputs, maintaining smooth operations with minimal downtime, and provide prompt technical support during production
• Perform root cause analysis, resolve complex engineering challenges, design processes, and support manufacturing of heavy-duty transit buses
• Apply experience with lean manufacturing principles and process optimization, achieving better resource utilization and cost efficiency
• Utilize knowledge of quality assurance standards and practices, ensuring compliance and high-quality production
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration, achieving project milestones through improved communication
• Evaluate and address rapid requests from the supply chain, ensuring timely response to supply chain needs
• Ensure manufacturability of designs, enhancing design feasibility and production efficiency
• Develop and improve production processes, ensuring efficient and reliable manufacturing
• Optimize manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, enhancing overall production performance
• Act as a key contributor in providing Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) input to design teams
• Prepare and maintain process documentation to support safety standards, compliance with safety regulations and ensure a safe work environment to reduce assembly risks

Requirements

• Bachelor or advanced degree in Engineering
• Minimum 2 years of experience within the Engineering industry
• Knowledge of vehicle electrical systems and electrical hand tools
• Hands-on electrical troubleshooting and experience with product assembly, prototyping, testing, and validation, while adhering to electrical standards
• Understanding of manufacturing processes and lean manufacturing principles
• Fluency in CAD software
• Familiarity with BOM structures
• Experience working with component suppliers, engineering service suppliers, testing suppliers and product validation engineers
• Experience in the designing of components including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Service (DFS), and cost-efficiency (Value Engineering)
• Understanding of control systems and programming
• Good knowledge of vehicle automation and control systems
• Automotive, commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicle design familiarity, direct experience is a plus
• Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications
• Autonomy: Ability to work with little instruction on day-to-day work, receiving general instruction on new assignments from leads, senior engineers or managers
• Technically Minded: Apply industry practices and standards (NFPA, NEC, APTA, etc.). Exhibit professional expertise, applying design standards, best practices, and company procedures to resolve a variety of issues. Determine a course of action based on guidelines and modify processes and methods as required
• Time Management: Work productively to deliver projects on schedule and on budget. Solve production and/or manufacturing related issues expeditiously
• Communication: Collaborate up, down and across the organization to resolve mutual problems. Focus on providing standard professional advice and creating initial reports/analyzes for review by experienced team members
• Complexity: Responsible for a certain set of commodities or design elements within the team. Work on problems of moderate to more-complex scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action. Applies learned techniques and contributes to analysis and investigation to solve problems
• Quality & Standards: Technical documentation is accurate and complete. Released designs are cost effective, manufacturable, serviceable, meet all performance objectives, and customer requirements

Benefits

The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if a candidate receives an offer of employment.

Pay

$75,000 - $133,000/annual salary + premium benefits

Schedule

Standard start time: 6:00am (negotiable)