Senior Product Development Engineer - Safe Fleet

Meet the Smart Safety Company

At Safe Fleet our name says it all – we are redefining what Fleet Safety means with one-stop access to customized, integrated, and intelligent solutions that answer today’s safety needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. By making fleets smarter, we make them safer.

We’ve worked to build an integrated safety platform for fleet vehicles of every type – School Bus, Transit, Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Work Truck, Truck & Trailer, Waste & Recycling, Industrial, and Military.

We’re driving safety forward in everything we do and we’re looking for innovative, enthusiastic self-starters to join us.

Work for the Smart Safety Company

Safe Fleet® and its partners design and manufacture state-of-the-art, automated tarp systems for the heavy-duty trucking industry serving the Construction, Agriculture, Waste and Recycling markets. Our systems efficiently and reliably contain and protect payloads, create a safer working environment for drivers, and maximize your return-on-investment by increasing revenues and reducing cost of ownership.

Senior Product Development Engineer: Roll-Rite, LLC, a leader in the truck equipment manufacturing industry, is looking for a Sr. Product Development Engineer to lead design and integration of Automated Tarp System Product Lines. 

Location:  Gladwin MI

Job Functions & Responsibilities: Responsible for research & development activities concerned with the specification, design, testing, and installation of Automated Tarp Systems. Scope of product development spans concept development through product roll-out, service, and warranty, and product end of life disposition.

• Product Development, Design, and Testing of Automated Tarp Systems
• Develop System Requirements and system functional modes based on end user application needs
• Develop and maintain relationship with customer external value chain including management, engineering, integration, and end-customers
• Support cross-functional team based approach to system level design optimization
• Design and Release Using 3D Solid Modeling CAD
• Maintain design records, assets, and repositories
• Benchmark competitive products and applications
• Maintain product technical literature

Requirements:  

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent. Advanced degree/research in related fields a plus.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Product Development in Automotive, Commercial Truck, Truck Equipment Manufacturing, Heavy Industrial Machinery, or Equivalent Industrial Applications
• Minimum 5 years of experience in 3D CAD environment with change control management
• Minimum 3 year experience in product development of a large scale integrated system for commercial truck (e.g. drive axle, powertrain, lift gate, hydraulic applications)
• Minimum 3 year experience in application engineering of an integrated system containing electro-mechanical actuation of components

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (FMEA)
• Design for Manufacturing and Lean Product Development
• Team based Structured Problem Solving using 8D or similar process
• Kinematic of machinery of integrated systems operating with 2+ degrees of freedom.
• Working level knowledge of torque and power transfer through gears and axles
• Knowledge of hydraulic systems in commercial truck applications
• Knowledge of Design of Experiments (DOE) supporting design trade-off and optimization
• Knowledge of industrial sewing or advanced polymer material welding or joining process
• Knowledge of DC Motor and Motor Control Systems
• Knowledge and Experience in DC Electrical Distribution Systems in Commercial Vehicle Chassis
• Knowledge and Experience with ISO, ASTM, and SAE Standards
• Knowledge of US DOT transportation regulations. Global experience in transportation industry regulations is preferred.
• Hands on installation and mechanical capability at system level is preferred.

Travel: Up to 30%

Language Skills: Must be fluent in English (verbal and written). With ability to prepare presentations, reports, instructions and articles. Second language a plus.  

Meet the Smart Safety Company

 At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.

We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans. 

We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 20 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you? 

At Safe Fleet, you are empowered to build a career that will take you where you want to go. You'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the tools necessary to achieve personal success.  We offer a comprehensive compensation package, including Medical, Dental, 401K and bonuses.