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Management retains the discretion of adding or changing the duties of the position at any time.\nSUMMARY:\nRIDE is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to support the definition, development, launch, and continuous improvement of truck products for the North American market.\nThis role translates customer needs, operating requirements, and competitive insights into clear product specifications and practical engineering solutions. Working closely with North American teams and headquarters R&D, the Senior Product Engineer drives assigned truck products and features from initial requirements through engineering development, validation, production readiness, and launch.\nThe successful candidate will bring substantial automotive engineering experience, direct involvement in physical product development, and the technical judgment to balance vehicle performance, quality, cost, manufacturability, and customer value.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nProduct Requirements and Definition\nGather and evaluate requirements from fleet customers, sales, service teams, and other stakeholders to define truck applications, features, specifications, and configurations.\nTranslate operating needs-including payload, range, duty cycle, charging requirements, body compatibility, and serviceability-into measurable product requirements and acceptance criteria.\nMaintain product specifications and track requirement changes, ensuring alignment across engineering and business teams.\nMarket and Competitive Assessment\nEvaluate competing truck products, customer feedback, and application needs to identify product gaps and improvement opportunities.\nRecommend feature priorities and configuration improvements based on technical feasibility, customer value, cost, and market requirements.\nProvide engineering input to truck product roadmaps and new product proposals.\nProduct Development and Vehicle Integration\nLead assigned product development activities from concept and requirements definition through design reviews, prototype builds, validation, engineering release, and production launch.\nCoordinate vehicle layout, packaging, and system interfaces with responsible engineering teams, including chassis, cab, battery, electric powertrain, thermal management, and electrical systems.\nReview design trade-offs affecting payload, weight distribution, performance, reliability, manufacturability, and service access.\nCoordinate with body builders and suppliers to address chassis interfaces, installation requirements, and application-specific integration needs.\nValidation and Production Readiness\nWork with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and compliance specialists to establish validation plans, track results, and resolve issues before release.\nSupport design risk assessments, engineering change reviews, prototype evaluations, and production readiness activities.\nCoordinate product compliance requirements and supporting documentation with responsible specialists.\nDrive technical issue resolution through root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and verification of effectiveness.\nCross-Functional Execution and Lifecycle Support\nCoordinate product deliverables, technical decisions, and milestones across North American teams, headquarters R&D, suppliers, and manufacturing.\nAssess proposed changes for their impact on product requirements, cost, schedule, quality, and customer commitments.\nSupport customer technical reviews, vehicle evaluations, product introductions, and field issue investigations.\nUse production and field feedback to recommend improvements, cost reductions, configuration standardization, and feature upgrades.\nCommunicate product readiness, open issues, risks, and recommended actions to management, and provide technical guidance to other engineers.\nREQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent technical education and demonstrated engineering experience.\nAt least 7 years of relevant engineering experience in the automotive industry, including work for a vehicle manufacturer or an automotive supplier.\nDirect experience in automotive product development, vehicle integration or subsystem engineering. Experience must include hands-on technical ownership, not solely project scheduling or reporting.\nDemonstrated responsibility for a vehicle or automotive subsystem through at least one development cycle spanning design, prototype build, validation and production launch.\nExperience leading cross-functional engineering activities and resolving technical issues with manufacturing, quality, suppliers and customer engineering teams.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience with electric buses, trucks, commercial vehicles or other heavy-duty vehicle platforms.\nExperience integrating batteries, high-voltage systems, electric powertrains, thermal systems or charging interfaces.\nExperience with automotive launch and quality processes, including APQP, PPAP, DFMEA or DVP&R.\nPMP certification. Mandarin proficiency is a plus for collaboration with Mandarin-speaking teams and suppliers.\nPay Range: $120,000 - $160,000 annually\nRIDE is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, religious creed, physical disability, mental disability, age, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. 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