Prototype & Ride Development Engineer

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

Ride Control, LLC, a division of MAT Holdings, Inc., designs, manufactures and distributes suspension products for automotive, commercial vehicle, and specialty vehicle OEMs and aftermarkets. The company manufactures and sells Gabriel shocks and struts. The company originated the world’s first automotive shock absorber and continues today to be a leader in the design, engineering, development, and production of shock absorbers in North America.

Ride Control currently employs more than 1,300 salaried and hourly employees at several locations in the US and Mexico. The company has manufacturing facilities in Chickasha, Oklahoma and Queretaro Mexico. Revenues for the company are approximately $180MM:
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• MAT Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a complete benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance after 60 days of employment
• Paid Time Off (PTO), including paid vacation, sick days, and paid holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan + Company Match
• Career Advancement Program, training and development
• Wellness Programs, including fitness reimbursements and mental health support
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
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The position is responsible for the development, tuning, validation, and integration of passive damper systems to achieve ride, handling, durability, and customer performance objectives. Coordinates prototype activities through the technical center and supports product development from concept through launch.

• Lead vehicle ride and handling development, objective and subjective evaluations, and passive damper tuning activities.
• Support the design, specification, and integration of passive dampers into OEM vehicle platforms.
• Coordinate, review, prioritize, and track prototype requests through the Technical Center to support engineering, customer, and program timing requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, quality, and prototype build teams to resolve technical issues and support prototype builds.
• Develop and execute proving ground, laboratory, and public road validation plans.
• Analyze vehicle dynamics, ride, handling, and durability data to optimize damper valving and suspension performance.
• Support APQP, DFMEA, DV/PV testing, engineering changes, launch readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Ability to implement plans; communicates changes effectively; builds commitments and overcomes resistance
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and look for ways to improve and promote quality
• Proven cost consciousness working within approved budget and implementing cost saving measures
• Capable of developing strategies to achieve organizational goals and adapting strategies to…