Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 7 Years Education level: Bachelor’s degree Job function: Engineering Industry: Automotive Compensation: View salary Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: Yes Visa : Only US citizens and Greencard holders

 is the largest and most dependable manufacturer of Heavy-Duty Transit Buses in North America. Our customers are in all 50 states, and include cities, counties, transit districts, universities and major private fleet operators. This position is located at our beautiful headquarters in Livermore, CA.

offers an excellent compensation and benefits package including 100% company-paid premiums for medical, dental and vision for employees and their families. Other benefits include a unique 401k profit-sharing plan and pension.

JOB SUMMARY

 is seeking a highly motivated Senior Electro-mechanical Engineer specializing in troubleshooting to effectively lead root cause analysis and identify improvements for NPI development projects like the zero emission transit bus programs. In this role, you will have high visibility within the broader GILLIG organization while working within a dynamic, fast paced manufacturing environment. As a key contributor as a Senior Electro-mechanical Engineer, you'll come with a strong desire to be hands-on when determining if an issue is design, assembly, or supplier quality related. You will be led directly by the Director of Quality Engineering.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with design engineering to assure quality is designed in at concept and design reviews

Triage data and create Paretos to help set priorities for the team

Visit customers to understand issues, then present new process improvements to each customer

Proactively develop processes with manufacturing engineering to prevent issues making it to the Field

Create test rigs to perform reliability testing and determine root cause

Function test both mechanical and electrical features on the bus to verify specification is met

Function test RMA components to confirm failure and assess root cause

Assist engineering in trouble-shooting issues and development projects

Responsible for Issue Management, tracking failure modes, addressing root cause, and verifying closure of issues from assigned owners

Lead root cause investigations related to supplier material non-conformances

Responsible for NPI electrical assemblies and electrical subsystems hardware

Drive issue resolution from root cause analysis to countermeasure implementation on electromechanical components and use analytical tools and techniques

REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

7 years of experience with Electrical Engineering responsibilities in a manufacturing environment

Able to effectively lead quality engineers in technical projects and issues

Knowledge and experience in circuit design, assembly, harnesses, electrical test, APQP/PPAP, as well as applying quality tools such as 8D, Root-cause analysis, etc.

Demonstrated experience with electrical test equipment: power supplies, multimeter, oscilloscopes, and similar equipment

Knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed signal circuit design and analysis

Design and develop equipment and machinery that use both electrical and mechanical technology

Comprehensive experience with hand tools, basic power tools, soldering, and instrumentation

Proficient at reading schematics and troubleshooting

Ability to understand complex problems and collaborate with others to provide effective solutions

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

Regularly required to sit, stanqd and walk and occasionally kneel or squat

Up to 20% domestic travel required visiting customers, assisting suppliers’ trouble-shooting components at customers, or supplier component validation

Earlier schedule starting at 5:00am to align with production