Sr. Chassis & Vehicle Integration Engineer

Sr. Chassis & Vehicle Integration Engineer

Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD) is recognized as a technology leader and innovator of school buses since its founding in 1927. Our dedicated team members design, engineer and manufacture school buses with a singular focus on safety, reliability, and durability. School buses carry the most precious cargo in the world – 25 million children twice a day – making them the most trusted mode of student transportation.

The company is the proven leader in low- and zero-emission school buses with more than 25,000 propane, natural gas, and electric powered buses sold. Blue Bird is transforming the student transportation industry through cleaner energy solutions.

The Sr. Chassis & Vehicle Integration Engineer is responsible for physical vehicle integration, packaging execution, prototype support, and manufacturing implementation across complex vehicle platforms. This role owns how propulsion, electrical, thermal, controls, and supporting vehicle systems physically integrate into the chassis while ensuring manufacturability, serviceability, durability, and production readiness. Responsibilities include packaging, mounting strategy, routing execution, subsystem fitment, installation feasibility, and rapid resolution of real-world integration issues throughout prototype, launch, and production phases.

This role works closely with the Systems & Integration Lead and Vehicle Integration & Validation Lead, who maintain ownership of vehicle architecture, system governance, and vehicle-level validation strategy. The Chassis & Vehicle Integration Lead is specifically responsible for the execution of physical integration within the chassis and manufacturing environment. This is a hands-on execution leadership role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, and wants meaningful ownership over real-world vehicle integration and launch execution.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Vehicle Integration Execution:
  Lead physical integration of propulsion, electrical, thermal, controls, and body systems into vehicle chassis platforms.
• Packaging & Envelope Ownership:
  Own vehicle packaging, installation feasibility, routing, mounting strategy, and subsystem fitment while ensuring manufacturability, serviceability, durability, and production readiness.
• Prototype & Launch Support:
  Support prototype builds, pilot phases, and manufacturing launch activities by identifying integration issues, resolving packaging conflicts, and driving rapid corrective actions directly within build environments.
• Manufacturing & Operations Support:
  Work directly with manufacturing and operations teams to resolve build issues, improve integration execution, and maintain launch readiness throughout production ramp activities.
• Cross-Functional Technical Coordination:
  Partner closely with propulsion, electrical, validation, manufacturing, supplier, and program teams to maintain alignment across integration activities, packaging constraints, and launch objectives.
• Supplier & External Engineering Coordination:
  Coordinate technical execution activities with suppliers and external engineering partners to support packaging development, prototype readiness, and integration issue resolution.
• Integration Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis:
  Lead rapid root cause investigations and corrective actions involving packaging conflicts, routing issues, subsystem interfaces, manufacturing variation, and field integration concerns.
• Documentation & Release Support:
  Develop and maintain integration layouts, installation requirements, engineering documentation, release support materials, and manufacturing implementation documentation.
• Regulatory & Customer Requirement Support:
  Support compliance activities related to FMVSS, customer requirements, and commercial vehicle integration standards.
• Continuous Improvement & Launch Feedback:
  Provide direct feedback from prototype, launch, manufacturing, and field environments to improve future packaging strategies, integration standards, and production execution.
• Operate in Ambiguity:
  Create structure and drive execution in environments where requirements, packaging constraints,…