The Role
Designs robust, lightweight, manufacturable frame attachments and structural safety components for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Responsibilities include CAD modeling, engineering drawings, packaging, structural and fatigue assessments, regulatory compliance, weight and cost optimization, platform standardization, supplier and manufacturing collaboration, prototype validation, homologation support, field-failure investigation, and corrective action implementation.
Summary Generated by Built In
The role focuses on delivering robust, lightweight, manufacturable, and regulation-compliant solutions for global markets while ensuring vehicle safety, durability, and platform standardization.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities:
Design and develop:
- Frame attachments like fender, fender brackets, accessory brackets
- Fifth wheel coupling
- Catwalk platform
- HV safety components positioning and mounting
- Rear Underrun Protection Device (RUPD)
- Side Underrun Protection Device (SUPD)
- Front and Rear Tow Hooks
- Mounting brackets and reinforcement structures
- Recovery interfaces and associated frame attachments
- Develop modular solutions compatible with multiple Mercedes-Benz and BharatBenz vehicle platforms.
- Define packaging concepts considering:
- Frame architecture & Rear overhang
- Axle configurations & Suspension movement
- Body builder requirements
- Ensure compliance with global regulations and standards, including:
- UNECE R58 (Rear Underrun Protection)
- UNECE R73 (Side Underrun Protection)
- Regional homologation and customer-specific requirements
- Perform structural assessments for:
- Static strength & Dynamic loading
- Recovery and towing loads
- Fatigue durability
- Corrosion performance
- Vehicle integration
- Optimize designs for:
- Weight reduction & Cost efficiency
- Manufacturability
- Commonality across vehicle platforms
- Develop 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, and BOMs.
- Collaborate with global engineering teams, manufacturing, purchasing, suppliers, homologation, and testing departments.
- Support prototype builds, validation testing, homologation activities, and production launch.
- Investigate field failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement robust corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and global standardization of structural safety components.
Key Deliverables:
- Production-ready RUPD, SUPD, and Tow Hook designs
- CAD models and engineering drawings
- Design release documentation
- Structural analysis and validation reports
- Homologation support documentation
- Weight and cost optimization proposals
- Engineering change management and issue resolution
Success Measures:
- Compliance with global safety regulations
- Achievement of durability and strength targets
- On-time design releases
- Weight and cost reduction achievements
- Manufacturing quality and launch readiness
- Reduction in field failures and warranty issues
Increased platform commonality and modularity across global products
QualificationsTechnical Competencies:
- Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicle Chassis Design and 3 to 10 year of experience
- Structural Design of Safety Components
- RUPD & SUPD Regulations (UNECE R58 & R73)
- Tow Hook & Recovery Load Design
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Fatigue & Durability Engineering
- Welded and Bolted Joint Design
- High-Strength Steel Applications
- GD&T and Engineering Drawings
- DFMEA, DVP&R, APQP
- Manufacturing Processes (Stamping, Bending, Welding, Machining)
- Cost Optimization and Value Engineering
Bachelor's or Masters in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile
Skills Required
- 3 to 10 years of experience in heavy-duty commercial vehicle chassis design
- Structural design of safety components
- Knowledge of RUPD and SUPD regulations, including UNECE R58 and UNECE R73
- Tow hook and recovery load design experience
- Finite Element Analysis experience
- Fatigue and durability engineering experience
- Welded and bolted joint design experience
- High-strength steel applications experience
- GD&T and engineering drawing proficiency
- Experience with DFMEA, DVP&R, and APQP
- Knowledge of stamping, bending, welding, and machining processes
- Cost optimization and value engineering experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Automobile Engineering
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The Company
What We Do
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is the leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America. Daimler Trucks North America produces and markets commercial vehicles under the Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses nameplates. Daimler Trucks North America is a Daimler company, the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturer.
