VA/VE Engineer

Hendrickson•Woodridge, IL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Hendrickson is looking for a VA/VE Engineer to join our team in Woodridge, IL. This role involves conducting VA/VE workshops to identify cost reduction and product improvement opportunities, optimizing plant processes, reducing scrap, and investigating alternative designs to maintain performance while reducing cost and weight. The engineer will manage technical aspects of projects, coordinate design and testing with suppliers and customers, and ensure production readiness. Collaboration with CAD, FEA, and laboratory personnel, as well as other departments, is expected. Ensuring safety in the lab and office is also a responsibility.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in technical discipline required
2 years’ experience in vehicle structural design (preferable heavy or medium duty truck) with exposure to dynamic structural analysis, finite element analysis, fatigue analysis, and product design.
Demonstrated ability to manage a development project and meet deadlines.
Demonstrated product innovation

Nice To Haves

BSME/BSAgE/BS AeroE preferred

Responsibilities

Conduct VA/VE workshops to identify potential cost reductions or product improvements.
Work with plants to optimize current processes and reduce scrap.
Investigate alternative designs to maintain performance while reducing cost and weight.
Manage all technical aspects of a major project and/or multiple smaller projects.
Coordinate the technical design and test aspects on the project with suppliers and customers.
Design, validate, provide test reports, and sign-off documents, and ensure production readiness.
Coordinate with CAD, FEA, and laboratory personnel and interface with other departments in support of the above.
Coordinate the technical design and test aspects on projects with suppliers and customers.
Help to assure safety in the lab and office.
Other duties as assigned.