Senior Body Engineer | Scrabble

Posted on September 6, 2024

Job Description

<div>What You Will Do • Lead the plastics design, and optimization of key components such as body panels battery compartment and seat systems for electric motorbikes. • Utilize advanced simulation tools (e.g., FEA) to conduct structural analysis and ensure designs meet stringent performance and safety standards. • Innovate lightweight yet robust structural solutions that improve vehicle performance and eXiciency. • Lead design of panel mounting strategies, panel gaps and sealing strategies to ensure cohesive industrial design and function. • Oversee the prototyping and validation of components, ensuring that prototypes are built to specification and tested rigorously. • Work closely with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure seamless integration of plastic and stamped components into the overall vehicle design. • Coordinate with suppliers and manufacturing partners to optimize design for manufacturability (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and design for service (DFS), and ensure scalability in production. • Ensure all designs comply with relevant industry standards and regulations, particularly those related to vehicle safety. • Maintain detailed documentation of design processes, analysis results, and testing outcomes to support design validation and manufacturing.</div> <div>What You Bring • 8+ years of experience in plastic bodyworks engineering within the automotive, electric vehicle, or motorbike industries. • Proven track record of leading the design and development of bodyworks and plastic functional components for high-quality vehicles. • Experience in designing for tough road environments, with a focus on durability and longevity in challenging conditions. • Experience designing for highly cost-sensitive products. • Proficiency in CAD and CAE tools (e.g., SolidWorks, CATIA, ANSYS) for design and manufacturability analysis such as draft angles, surface quality and mold flow. • Strong materials experience in choosing appropriate materials for specific applications. • Color, Trim and Graphics (CTG) experience as it relates to executing plastic components to meet the vision of the Industrial design team.</div> <div>• Experience with water sealing and executing moving components such as doors, covers and hatches. • Strong leadership skills with experience in guiding cross-functional teams. • Excellent project management skills, with a history of delivering complex engineering projects on time and within budget. • Ability to eXectively communicate technical concepts and collaborate across multiple teams, both internally and with external partners. • Strong documentation skills, with an emphasis on maintaining clear and detailed records of design processes and decisions. • A deep passion for electric vehicles and sustainable transportation solutions. • A commitment to innovation and excellence in bodyworks engineering, with a focus on creating products that make a real-world impact.</div> <div>Great to Haves: • Experience with electric two-wheeler or motorbike design, including typical bodyworks such as seat, body panels, fenders, headlight cowling, dash and storage systems. • A passion for finding innovative solutions that achieve function, reduce complexity, increase reliability and reduce cost. • Knowledge of regulatory standards related homologation in various global markets. • Experience vetting and selecting plastics partners for a given project to ensure quality parts delivered on time. • Familiarity with the unique challenges of designing for emerging markets, including considerations for cost, durability, serviceability and user behavior. • A passion for “getting your hands dirty” with experience working on and fixing motorcycles or other vehicles yourself. • Passport and ability to travel outside of India.</div>