Daimler Truck North America Looking for Mechanical Product Design Engineer IV, Suspensions (L5) at Portland, OR  Full Time

When you join Daimler Truck, you become an agent of change within our global community of people working to create a cleaner, safer, and more efficient world for today and tomorrow. Through innovation at all levels, our teams ensure our world-changing brands continue to increase the quality of life and the business success of our customers, their customers, and the world around them. The Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) brand portfolio is second to none, and includes Freightliner Trucks, Western Star Trucks, Detroit engines and components, Thomas Built Buses and Freightliner Custom Chassis.

We are the undisputed leader in the commercial vehicle market and the industry’s technology trendsetter. Empowered by purpose, DTNA employees drive a Technology Revolution through innovative products and a customer-centric culture. Our dedication to our customers and society does not end once our products hit the road. That’s because we believe that business success and social responsibility go hand in hand. We immerse ourselves in our customer’s experience, and support the environmental responsibilities of our sites to ensure our products are the reliable, sustainable and the desired tools of the future.

Job Overview

The Chassis Engineering Team is responsible for current product engineering, new product specifications and development of heavy truck chassis systems. Each day brings opportunities to create novel technical solutions to interesting and challenging problems. The successful candidate for this position will be a skilled communicator, a consensus builder, a problem solver, an effective multitasker and a reliable source for technical ingenuity and creativity.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership in the design and development of best in class suspension systems that are safe, reliable, serviceable, and competitive

• Provide a broad emphasis on continuous improvement and challenge others to meet top performance potential

• Work cross-functionally, interdepartmentally, and globally to collect and execute design and project requirements. Interface with product strategy and validation engineering to understand customer needs and system performance

• Act as a consensus builder to bring the various stakeholders on board at project start up and keep them there throughout the project life cycle

• Provide creative, cost effective, and technically feasible solutions for problems encountered during the development, validation, production tryout, and post changeover project phases

• Manage multiple assignments concurrently, and prioritize them in a manner consistent with business goals

• Successfully implement projects on time and within budget. Proactively inform management of project issues, delays and risks; effectively champion strategic goals both internally and externally, using established visual management tools

• Improve competitive market position by keeping abreast of state of the art developments in the trucking industry, competitor landscape, and applying the new knowledge to designs

• Generate and implement ideas for continuous improvement of the work environment, systems, tools, processes, product cost, reliability, and quality.

• Use CAD and other design tools to create and maintain 3D part designs, detailed 2D part and assembly drawings, GD&T, packaging studies, and installation diagrams. Develop, release, and maintain accurate Engineering documentation.

• Provide technical mentorship to new engineers. Actively contribute to a positive and supportive culture within engineering.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline, 2 years of experience, and 1 year of group lead, project lead or mentoring experience is required.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience leading projects

• Experience applying relevant mechanical engineering concepts and tools

• Teaching others relevant engineering concepts and tools

• Leading and mentoring others in identifying/solving the root cause of complex problems

• Leading implementation of cross-functional improvement initiatives

• Preparing and giving presentations to small or large groups

• Understanding of engineering and upstream and downstream processes

• Demonstrated CAD expertise is required, using Siemens NX

• Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and presentation skills

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience as technical representative in medium to large scale design program

• Experience with DTNA systems

• Experience with resolving reliability issues

• Expert problem solving resolution skills (Shainin RedX, Six Sigma, 8D or similar)

• Demonstrated experience developing creative design solutions for truck systems

• Experience designing metal parts in multiple processes (e.g. press brake sheet metal, stampings, castings, extrusions, etc.)

• Knowledge of vehicle assembly plant process

Work Location Opportunity:

This position is open to consideration at the following locations:

• Portland

Daimler Trucks North America is firmly committed to developing a work environment that supports empowerment and inclusion for our current and future employees. We recognize that our ability to adapt will enable us to compete for a broader range of talent. Additionally, our business and the people who work within it will be successful and profitable if we remain agile and flexible in our approach to work.

To continue to build a great place to work for all, we are committed to a culture that supports flexibility and encourages a positive working environment that achieves the needs of our business and employees.

• @hybrid:Number of days at home and at the office will be determined through an ongoing conversation with your Manager. DTNA will ensure that your WFH set-up meets wi-fi / data minimum requirements and sets you up for success. Travel to the office is not reimbursed and employee must live close enough to attend regular in-person collaborative meeting with at least 24-hour notice

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Additional Information

• Visa sponsorship will only be open to current Daimler Truck North America employees working under an existing U.S. Daimler Truck North America visa
• Final candidate must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background check.
• Contractors, professional services, or other contingent workers should confirm with their local agency if they are eligible to apply for FTE positions.
• EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Daimler Truck North America is committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, family relationship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender and transitioning status), genetic information, or veteran status.

For an accommodation or special assistance with applying for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 503-745-8982 or toll free 800-206-3369. For TTY/TDD enabled call 503-745-2137 or toll free 866-355-6935.