Senior Manager - Body Engineering
Lightship
Broomfield, CO, USA
Posted on Jan 9, 2025
Overview
Lightship is the first American all-electric RV manufacturer currently developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. As the macro transition to an all-electric transportation ecosystem accelerates, Lightship is bringing the increased convenience and superior performance that electrification offers to a pastime enjoyed by over 11 million American families.
Honoring Diverse Perspectives
Lightship is committed to hiring and developing top talent from diverse backgrounds. We believe representation from representing and supporting diverse groups is key to the success of our team members, customers, shareholders and the achievement of our mission and vision. We operate in a collaborative environment with a flat organizational structure and expect a high degree of integrity, autonomy and creativity from all members of the team.
About the Role
Lightship is seeking a highly experienced Body Engineering Manager who will be tasked with leading the team of internal resources and external partners to deliver innovative body solutions for Lightship’s groundbreaking RVs. The successful candidate will use their deep technical knowledge and broad experience along with strong leadership skills to develop finely balanced solutions which meet the commercial, structural, functional and cosmetic needs for current and future products.
Responsibilities
- Overall: Lead the body engineering team to design a support structure and cosmetic exterior panels for a unique electric RV
- Collaborate with other Lightship engineering teams to ensure proper mechanical integration of their content, especially closures, glazing, high and low voltage electrical systems, interior systems.
- Work with internal and external partners to optimize the body structure and exterior panels to meet targets for structure, cost, mass, manufacturing and assembly, dimensional and cosmetic quality.
- Support selection of suppliers and work closely with the chosen supplier to manage delivered part quality and delivery timing
- Develop and perform component and system level testing as needed to validate your designs
- Support the manufacturing team in the assembly of the body structure in-house.
Minimum Qualifications
- BSME engineering or equivalent
- 10+ years of experience with production-level vehicle body design; 5+ years in a leadership position.
- 5+ years utilizing CAD tools such as CATIA, to design vehicle structures.
- 3+ years experience collaborating closely with Industrial Design teams to deliver cosmetically correct vehicle body designs.
- Collaborative mindset, dedication to excellence and completeness, clear communication style
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within a startup or other small company environment
- Strong CATIA 3DX user
- Significant automotive body design leadership experience including dimensional control, sealing, fit & finish
- Experience applying lightweighting techniques, materials and processes to vehicle structures.
- Experience with achieving aggressive aerodynamic targets on vehicle structures.
Equity
- Lightship compensation consists of the yearly salary above plus equity, which gives you a stake in the company.
Employee Benefits & Philosophy - Applies to Full Time Employees only
Lightship offers all of its employees and their dependents full benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and covers 100% of the insurance premium. We are on a mission to create a more healthful all-electric experience for a pastime that millions of families enjoy and believe strongly that our team should not have to worry about quality healthcare for themselves or their loved ones along the way.