Product Integration & Applications Engineering Lead

Product Integration & Applications Engineering Lead

Job Category: Engineering

Requisition Number: PRODU
004669

• Posted :
  August 21, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Blue Bird, Michigan
1040 E Maple Rd
Troy, MI 48083, USA

Blue Bird, Michigan
1040 E Maple Rd
Troy, MI 48083, USA

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. For more information on Blue Bird's complete product and service portfolio,  .

The Product Integration and Applications Engineering Lead owns the technical product definition for a new commercial chassis platform from concept through production launch.

This role serves as the engineering authority for product configurations, application compatibility, option governance, interface requirements, and body integration throughout the product lifecycle. Working across Engineering, Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing, Sales, body manufacturers, suppliers, and customers, this position ensures every vehicle configuration is technically feasible, manufacturable, serviceable, and commercially viable.

This role establishes and leads the Applications Engineering function, defining the engineering processes, technical standards, and product governance required to support scalable product configurations, body integrations, customer applications, and future platform growth while providing technical leadership to a growing team of Applications Engineers.

This is a high-autonomy leadership role for an experienced engineer who thrives in ambiguity, makes complex engineering decisions with confidence, and wants meaningful ownership over how a new commercial chassis platform is configured, integrated, and brought to market.

• Product Definition Ownership:
  Own the technical product definition, feature content, option strategy, and configuration architecture across the commercial chassis platform throughout the product lifecycle.
• Requirements Management:
  Develop, manage, and maintain vehicle, customer, regulatory, body builder, and application requirements while ensuring complete traceability through engineering, validation, manufacturing, and production.
• Body Builder Integration:
  Serve as the primary engineering interface for body manufacturers by defining chassis interfaces, body mounting requirements, electrical interfaces, dimensional envelopes, installation requirements, and integration standards.
• Configuration & Option Management:
  Own vehicle configurations, option compatibility, feature dependencies, ordering logic, and engineering constraints to ensure technically valid, manufacturable, and customer-ready product offerings.
• Product Governance & Interface Control:
  Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), application specifications, body builder manuals, configuration standards, engineering requirements, and technical documentation governing product compatibility and system interfaces.
• Engineering Change Management:
  Evaluate engineering changes for technical feasibility, product compatibility, customer applications, manufacturing impact, option logic, and downstream configuration effects.
• Cross-Functional Product Leadership:
  Partner with Systems Engineering, Vehicle Integration, Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, Sales, Quality, and Program Management to maintain a controlled, scalable, and consistent product definition throughout development and launch.
• Customer & Application Engineering:
  Provide technical leadership to customers, dealers, distributors, body manufacturers, and internal teams regarding vehicle applications,…