Design Analyst

Responsibilities

• Provide up-fit design and technical support for customers (assigned and prospective), and internal teams, ensuring complete, accurate, and efficient vehicle upfit solutions that meet client’s needs and company standards.
• Develop and complete accurate, and up-to-date specifications for vehicle up-fits that meet customer business applications, operating environments, and total cost expectations.
• Build and maintain all quoted designs within the company’s quoting and design platform, ensuring correct part selection, configuration logic, and compatibility.
• Validate vehicle chassis specifications against quoted content and identify discrepancies that may create design, fitment, or cost risks.
• Review Bill of Materials for completeness, accuracy, compatibility, and feasibility before orders move forward.
• Assess fitment and compatibility between selected components, chassis types, and customer-selected options documenting and communicating required changes.
• Monitor OEM model year changes and supplier product changes to identify fitment risks, cost changes, and potential margin erosion.
• Estimate labor, parts, and associated miscellaneous costs when creating customer models or non-standard configurations with support and/or oversight where necessary.
• Identify potential cost erosion risks and recommend quoting strategies that balance competitiveness and financial protection.
• Guide Sales, Customers, and Production on design requirements, technical constraints, and available product options to ensure accurate and feasible specifications.
• Influence Sales to gather the necessary use and operational details required to complete and validate up-fit designs in conjunction with vehicle designs.
• Participate in customer discussions, as needed, when technical clarity or deeper design expertise is required.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all design-related questions, providing timely and accurate guidance to internal and external partners.
• Provide timely and accurate up-fit quotes that meet expectations and align with service-level requirements and design standards and expectations.
• Support Production throughout the build cycle by clarifying design intent, sourcing missing parts, validating installation details, and addressing supply-related substitutions in line with design standards.
• Conduct post-build reviews to identify quoting gaps, labor misestimates, product issues, or improvement opportunities using the tools provided.

• A bachelor’s degree in relevant fields (including but not limited to engineering, automotive, mathematical) or equivalent experience in commercial truck or up-fitting industries.
• Strong computer skills.
• Experience with MS Office software.
• 5+ years of experience in an automotive or manufacturing environment.
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics.
• Experience with managing multiple projects at the same time.