Staff Engineer - Vehicle Geometric Integration

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

We are taking a fresh approach to recreational vehicle design, starting from zero and asking fundamental questions about how a travel trailer should be built in the modern electric age. We will count on you and your team to apply creative thinking alongside engineering rigor and industry best practices towards the creation of an efficient, safe, manufacturable vehicle designed to stand the test of time. Generations of Lightship users will thank you for your work!

Responsibilites

• Research relevant industry standards and best-practices and carry out analysis to determine key competitor benchmark information.
• Create and maintain a CAD packaging study model to represent key packaging constraints and prerequisites.
• Coordinate with the engineering and design teams to review and assess proposed vehicle hardware geometry to ensure it aligns with agreed vehicle geometrical constraints.
• Guide engineering and design teams to arrive at balanced resolutions to geometric integration issues. 
• Conduct regular working sessions to review geometric integration of the vehicle and maintain a register of outstanding actions required to support vehicle geometrical integration. 
• Track and report on relevant GI metrics at the vehicle program level.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS engineering or similar
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in a complete vehicle engineering role (packaging, studio engineering, vehicle concept)
• Solid working knowledge of a 3D CAD system, ideally Catia 3DX, including clearance analysis tools
• You are curious, fundamentals-oriented, and you question founding assumptions
• Collaborative mindset, dedication to excellence and thoroughness, clear communication style

Preferred Qualifications

• MS engineering or similar
• Experience in the EV or automotive industry
• Proven track record working successfully in startup or other fast-paced, autonomous environment

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.