Hybrid Manager – Power Systems Design Engineering

at Lightship

• Job title: Manager – Power Systems Design Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $165,000 - $185,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, South San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Manager of Power Systems Design Engineering at Lightship, the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer. Leading a team to develop innovative power systems for electric trailers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as people manager and hands on technical lead for multiple power systems sub-systems and 1-3 design engineers
• Responsible for developing, prototyping, and initial testing of the solar array, custom power systems junction boxes, lighting, OTS devices, propulsion systems and thermal systems hardware
• Work with the Product and Design teams to develop high level product requirements, and create lower level engineering requirements for your sub-systems by working with the various engineering teams (systems, controls/software, vehicle engineering)
• Review regulatory requirements and ensure all components are designed to meet them
• Work with the supply chain and finance teams to ensure all subsystems are meeting cost targets
• Perform Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to highlight reliability and safety issues. Use the outputs of this process to create design fixes and drive test plans
• Create timelines and schedules for all subsystem development and work with the program team to ensure these are meeting high level milestones and development goals
• Create detailed CAD and drawings of all custom components. Work with the CAD/PLM team to ensure all packaging issues are resolved and all parts are released
• Select off the shelf components that meet all functional, durability, cost and quality needs
• Create tolerance stack analyses and apply appropriate GD&T controls to 3D geometries
• Hold design reviews with the cross functional team to ensure all considerations are taken into account
• Host core team meetings to push forward work and collaborate with the cross-functional teams
• Work with supply chain to select appropriate suppliers, and work with suppliers to ensure components can be manufactured by performing detailed design for manufacturing (DFM) analysis
• Create design validation plans (DVPs) by working with the test engineering team
• Perform all necessary analysis (thermal, structural, etc) to reduce risk of design failures and ensure we meet performance targets
• Build functional prototypes of subsystems to ensure early de-risking before full vehicle builds
• Perform engineering validation (EV) testing of subsystems to characterize performance and safety
• Support prototype and production builds in Broomfield, CO factory (10-15% of time, depending on the phase of development)
• Support field service engineering of customer vehicles and marketing vehicles
• Be the technical lead for electrical hardware engineering design on the Power Systems Engineering team
• Manage PSE design engineers, and work with program management and other engineering managers to ensure team members are meeting all deliverables
• Hold regular 1:1s and coach direct reports to build up their technical skills and organizational skills

Requirements

• 7+ years design engineering experience, 1+ years of people management experience
• Expertise with a majority of the following:
• CAD/PLM/PDM systems
• Creating detailed 3D CAD and drawings for electrical hardware components (cast/injection molded housings, busbars, wire harnesses, insulators, switches etc).
• Selecting appropriate materials for electrical hardware, including plastics, metals, polymers and ceramics
• Creating design validation plans for electrical hardware
• High voltage power distribution systems
• DFM/DFA analysis
• Bolted joint design and analysis
• Rapid iteration cycles
• Supporting programs in all stages of the product life cycle, from early concepting to supporting production and field service
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and needs
• Able to adapt quickly to change and approach challenges with flexibility and creativity
• Solutions-oriented, with a focus on progress and impact over perfection
• Willingness to operate effectively at both strategic and hands-on levels (contributing as an individual contributor and leading as a manager)

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, Vision
• 401k
• Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
• 8 Company Holidays + the company observes a period of scheduled downtime during the end of the year for a week, allowing all employees to enjoy a break
• 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