Design Engineering Team Lead

Oshkosh • New Hudson, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Pratt Miller is a product development company in motorsports, defense, and mobility industries providing clients with product engineering and low-volume production solutions. Our range of research & development, engineering, prototype manufacturing, test & validation, and low-rate production capability help our customers bring their high-quality products to market faster.

OVERVIEW: Our team leaders use their engineering backgrounds to guide nimble engineering teams through exciting, cutting-edge projects to create high performing systems and products. Projects are almost exclusively high performance, and scope can range from developing a sub-system to a full vehicle. Degreed engineers with broad program experiences, strong foundations in systems thinking, strong and scalable analytical approaches, and an unrelenting physics and engineering fundamentals backbone are ideal for the Design Engineering Team Lead.

Requirements

• Strong engineering fundamentals in all general automotive systems.
• System and component design using parametric CAD tools including Creo, NX, Catia, or Solidworks
• System and component modeling using Finite Element Analysis tools.
• CAE optimization methods and tools.
• Working level background in MS Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint required.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong technical writing, team leadership skills, and organizational skills.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.
• BS or MS in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Aerospace, or Automotive.
• Ability to support technicians and shop builds.
• Operate simple hand tools, etc.
• 8am-4pm core (minimum) work hours (typically 45hrs per week on average).
• Project surge support and additional effort as needed to achieve deadlines.
• Some travel may be required for customer and supplier meetings, off-site training, off-site testing, and attendance at industry conferences.

Nice To Haves

• MS in Mechanical, Aerospace, Automotive Engineering, or equivalent.
• Previous engineering leadership experience.
• Experience generating engineering proposals and work estimations.
• Creo CAD and Windchill PLM experience.
• Experience in parametric 3D modeling and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
• ANSYS or Hypermesh analysis experience.
• 8+ years of engineering experience with focus on the automotive, defense, powersports, or robotics industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead design engineering efforts using CAD and FEA tools, develop timing plans and task tracking, risk mitigation focused on project deliverables.
• Lead regular project meetings, both internally and with the customer, to ensure team alignment, consistent communication, and successful project execution.
• Lead scope, tasks, and day-to-day direction of approximately four assigned team members
• Formal technical reporting on project status to the customer.
• Establish and track timing plans to achieve high level milestones.
• Identify risks to project deliverables and develop mitigating action plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level