Essential Job Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Manage the design and development of automotive electrification systems including mechanical and electromechanical systems for Class 8 truck applications.
• Work with business development team to interpret customer requirements and develop system and sub-system product specifications.
• Support the development of key quality and validation documentation including FMEAs and DVP&Rs to establish key failure modes and develop associated product validation plans.
• Assist in the creation of 3D models, releasing drawings with associated prints and key GD&T characteristics
• Ensure that product meets all necessary safety and emission compliance requirements.
• Support functional safety efforts.
• Guide and manage analysis efforts used to support design decisions including FEA, thermal modeling, and simulation.
• Provide strategic design direction to the team to ensure that Hyliion is making the correct design decisions balancing key product attributes such as performance and cost.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Competency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Proven expert in automotive industry and associated toolset expertise used to drive development activities (FMEAs, DVP&Rs)
• In depth understanding of automotive powertrain systems including both traditional and hybrid
• In depth mechanical design experience including strong grasp of CAD, GD&T, thermal fluid systems, FEA, and design for manufacturing (DFM) in high volumes.
• Ability to read, understand and generate mechanical drawings, including a strong understanding of GD&T and manufacturing tolerances.
• Understanding of vibration (including modal, random, static, and sinusoidal) and vibration reduction strategies highly advantageous
• Experience with automotive electrical wiring systems, hardware, and controls
• Experience in A/C and Heating systems preferred.
• Strong follow-through and self-starting nature
• Ability to communicate verbally effectively and positively and in writing with customers (internal and external) to address their needs promptly and follow through on commitments.
• Ability to understand and follow complex verbal and written instructions.
• Position will involve travel (10-15% of time) to visiting engineering providers and hardware suppliers.
• Ability to work well in a high-paced environment, set and meet appropriate deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to work more than 8 hours a day to ensure that deadlines are achieved weekly hours may regularly be between 50-60 during busy time periods.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 7+ Years of Engineering Experience
• Experience in automotive industry, class 8 trucking and powertrain systems preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Physical Demands: 

• Ability to lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• For the most part, ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional equipment as found in a typical office.

Hyliion is committed to diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.