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Senior Chassis Design Engineer

Long Beach, CA, United States💼 Full-time💰 $135,420–$226,980🗓 2026-08-05 → 2026-09-12

Core

Design, develop, and validate novel chassis components (brakes, steering, suspension, wheels, tires) and sub-systems to optimize driving dynamics, efficiency, mass, and cost for next-generation vehicles.

Role type

Senior IC chassis design engineer

Builds

Chassis components, sub-systems, and full-vehicle prototypes

Domain

Automotive engineering / Vehicle dynamics

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Chassis system design, First-principles engineering, CAD modeling (3DEXPERIENCE), Manufacturing feasibility analysis, Vehicle dynamics evaluation, Test data analysis

Preferred skills

Electromechanical design, Full lifecycle product delivery, Kinematics and elastokinematics expertise, GD&T and ASME standards, Agile project tracking

Technologies

3DEXPERIENCE, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence

Responsibilities

Define data-driven specifications for system sizing and functional performance; Simulate and stress-test design proposals; Lead design, build, and validation testing at component and full-vehicle levels; Analyze test data to troubleshoot root causes and refine performance attributes.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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