Sr. Body Engineer; Hybrid

Sr. Body Structures Engineer

Company: Oshkosh Defense

Location: Oshkosh, WI or Detroit, MI (Hybrid flexibility available)

Oshkosh Defense stands behind those who dedicate their lives to protecting others. As an industry-leading tactical vehicle manufacturer, we strive to meet or exceed our customers' ever-changing needs with next‑generation defense technologies and advanced systems. We operate with unparalleled commitment to those who depend on our products and services worldwide to perform their missions.

The Sr. Body Structures Engineer designs functional, reliable and cost‑effective heavy‑duty vehicle components. Responsibilities include engineering analysis and design or re‑design, and the development of components into existing and new vehicles. The engineer provides integration and execution support for vehicle and component design.

• Under supervision, perform engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks as assigned according to Oshkosh as well as general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Support more senior engineers in the preparation of plans, designs, computation methods, and/or reporting.
• Responsible for a project or part of a project of limited complexity.
• May be responsible for managing multiple projects.
• Collaborate as needed with other engineering or business support disciplines internally as well as suppliers externally.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry level engineers, designers, or technicians working on a common project.
• Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
• Enforce the proper use of engineering criteria and drawing standards. Ensure that technical issues are conducted within the framework of company policies and procedures.
• Evaluate designs for performance, safety, and reliability.
• Perform and direct preparation of layouts, drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
• Perform engineering analysis to support the selection of parts, components, and materials that meet requirements. (IE design checklists, DVP&R, Decision Matrix, DFMEA, 8D, GD&T studies, etc.)
• Provide technical assistance for production support.
• Develop options, evaluate competing design solutions and selection of feasible design solutions that provide the best match for body and vehicle targets.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, reports, and presentations in support of leading design reviews.
• Create and maintain project documentation for analysis, research, and historical records.
• Utilize analytical and mathematical approaches to calculate or model system performance and optimize designs.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering and communicate status via verbal or written communication.
• Accepts and delegates authority, establishes priorities for work delegated to others.
• Collaborate with internal and external resources to accomplish body engineering and program objectives.
• Participate in body systems Product Engineering activities.
• Prepare body status and open issues reports to support design recommendations and program milestone review as required.
• Work with manufacturing engineering, purchasing, quality, suppliers, and program team to develop robust body engineering solutions and release for manufacture.
• Ensure designs meet internal and external customer requirements, statutory requirements, and corporate objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field with three (3) or more years of related experience.

• Advanced degree
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Experience with Jira
• Experience with Python
• Experience with Minitab
• Automotive experience or interests

$72,200.00 - $

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