Structural Engineer

As a Structural Engineer, you will design and develop body (floor) structures in CAD and support prototype builds. You will be instrumental in concept generation, mock-ups, and all prototype, design verification, and process verification builds. Your role will involve planning for design, procurement, assembly, and validation requirements, ensuring alignment with overall project timing and deliverables. You will ensure that designs conform to quality and cost targets, suggesting low-cost alternatives and supporting design commonization efforts. Additionally, you will collaborate in the design of body structure fixtures and lead design reviews with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop body (floor) structures in CAD.
• Support prototype builds and concept generation.
• Participate in all prototype, design verification, and process verification builds.
• Plan for design, procurement, assembly, and validation requirements.
• Ensure designs conform to quality and cost targets.
• Suggest low-cost design alternatives.
• Support design commonization efforts.
• Collaborate in designing body structure fixtures.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• Experience with structural design.
• Sheet metal experience.
• 5 years of work experience within design, preferably in the automotive industry.
• Previous assembly plant launch experience preferred.

• 5 years’ work experience in automotive body structures design is preferred.
• Experience with joining methods (welding).
• Dimensional management and understanding of GD&T preferred.

This role requires working onsite at the Winamac facility, alongside the product development engineers at a higher level. The company specializes in making vehicles wheelchair accessible and is currently working on converting SUVs like the Chevy Traverse. When hired directly, the company offers a 5% 401k match and an annual bonus of 5-10% based on company performance.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Rochester, IN.

The pay range for this position is $95000.00 - $110000.00/yr.

I want to walk through what some of the great things about this position, Braunability, as well as being an Actalent consultant at Braunability. They are a large national company with multiple sites nationwide They are making major facility upgrades and automation upgrades. Their will be a variety of ways to build a variety skillsets that you can use to grow internally or take with you. They will give you automotive experience and manufacturing for consumer products as well. They have a company 401k match up to 40%. Good work environement. Ability to move up to different levels of senior engineering (categories 1-7) Through Actalent, you will have access to 2 weeks of PTO and 6 paid holidays that we provide in your first year that you can use in the entirety of 2023. We also provide multiple insurance and benefits options if needed that you can sign up for. I can send those over to you if you would like the chance to review those. Again those would be while you are on the contract portion with Braunability.

This is a fully onsite position in Rochester,IN.

This position is anticipated to close on May 1, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000 extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.

Salary : $95,000 - $110,000