Staff Design/Release Engineer
Lightship
Design
South San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Oct 3, 2024
Overview
Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle 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 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’s mission to modernize and electrify RVs demands that we build a high competency in cutting edge vehicle design and manufacturing. As a Staff Design/Release Engineer working on the Power System, your job will be to ensure that our power electronics and other supplier designed modules meet all the functional, product, and technical requirements for our power system. You’ll work closely with product and marketing teams to understand the voice of the customer and ensure the system is designed to create the best RVing experience possible. You’ll also work closely with controls, vehicle, and other power systems engineers to ensure the modules integrate seamlessly into the broader vehicle to ensure safe and reliable operation. You will collaborate across Product, Design, Engineering, and beyond to make shrewd architectural decisions that hasten our path to market with an exceptional vehicle that redefines RVing.
Responsibilities
- Create and own the requirements documents for the various sourced power systems modules, including on-board charger, DC-DC converter, solar charge controllers, electric drive unit, etc
- Collaborate with the product and marketing team to distill functional and product requirements into technical requirements for the power system modules
- Collaborate within the various engineering teams to create the technical requirements for the power system modules, including controls requirements, thermal requirements, voltage and power requirements, etc
- Work with the vehicle engineering team to package and mount all components in CAD
- Conduct design and manufacturability reviews with the manufacturing and production teams to ensure the modules are able to be assembled in a safe, and high quality manner
- Support DFMEA and HARA activities to understand how the power systems modules interact with the rest of the system to ensure safe and predictable performance
- Work with the finance and vehicle attributes teams to set appropriate cost and mass targets for all power system components
- Execute supplier sourcing activities for all the power systems modules with the supply chain team, with key focus on technical fit, cost, mass, and supplier capability
- Work with the internal integration and test teams to validate the functions and requirements in prototype vehicles
- Create detailed timelines and development plans and collaborate with the program team to ensure these workstreams meet high level program milestones
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in electric vehicle HV systems, as a design engineer, DRE or systems engineer
- Familiarity with electric vehicle systems, such as junction boxes, on-board chargers, HV batteries, traction inverters and power distribution systems
- Experience creating system requirements documents, and working with suppliers to ensure components meet these requirements
- Experience in full product development cycle: requirements definition, concept design, development, test, manufacturing, and sustaining
- Experience creating, updating, and releasing CAD models and drawings
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience creating product development plans and test plans
- Experience creating interconnect diagrams and system schematics
- Experience designing EV power electronics and HV battery packs
- Experience in automotive or transportation industries (truck/bus/rail)
- Experience creating complex CAD models and drawings.
- Experience with CATIA and GD&T
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
- Healthcare, Dental, Vision
- 401k
- Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip
Lightship offers all of its full time 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.