Senior Chassis Design Engineer
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About the Role
NAFFCO Careers is seeking a highly experienced Senior Chassis Design Engineer to lead the design, development, and validation of vehicle chassis systems.
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Responsibilities
- Own end to end chassis design activities, including concept development, detailed design, and formal design release
- Create and modify CAD models, drawings, and engineering specifications for chassis components and assemblies
- Lead design reviews, DFMEA development, tolerance analysis, and engineering change management
- Collaborate with cross functional teams, suppliers, and manufacturing to validate design feasibility
- Support prototype builds, testing, validation, and issue resolution through to production launch
- Ensure compliance with performance, durability, safety, and regulatory requirements
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in chassis design within automotive OEM or Tier 1 environments
- Strong CAD and engineering analysis capability
- Proven experience in chassis engineering and vehicle systems design
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience coordinating design reviews and engineering change processes
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Role Overview
- A highly experienced engineering professional responsible for leading the design, development, and validation of vehicle chassis systems from concept through release and production launch.
- This role focuses on delivering robust, high performance, and manufacturable chassis components and assemblies that meet structural integrity, durability targets, safety expectations, and vehicle dynamics performance requirements.
Essential Job Functions
- Own end to end chassis design activities, including concept development, detailed design, and formal design release, ensuring technical correctness, traceability, and alignment with program timing and milestones.
- Create and modify CAD models, drawings, and engineering specifications for chassis components and assemblies, maintaining accuracy, configuration control, and clear documentation for internal and supplier handoffs.
- Lead design reviews, DFMEA development and reviews, tolerance analysis, and engineering change management to identify risks early, reduce variability, and ensure changes are properly evaluated for impact across performance, cost, and manufacturability.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams, suppliers, and manufacturing to validate design feasibility, confirm material and process selections, and support quality requirements through robust communication and issue resolution.
- Support prototype builds, testing, validation, and issue resolution through to production launch, including root cause analysis, corrective actions, verification planning, and confirmation that final designs meet performance and durability objectives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable performance, durability, safety, and regulatory requirements by applying relevant engineering standards, verifying requirements are satisfied, and maintaining appropriate evidence throughout the development lifecycle.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in chassis engineering and vehicle systems design, with demonstrated ability to translate requirements into practical, build ready designs across multiple program phases.
- Strong CAD and engineering analysis capability, including proficiency with engineering data, simulations, and structured evaluation methods to support design decisions and performance outcomes.
- Excellent problem solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to lead reviews, align diverse teams, and drive actions to closure while maintaining clear technical rationale and documentation.
- Typically requires 8+ years of experience in chassis design within automotive OEM or Tier 1 environments.
- Demonstrates strong expertise in CAD design, CAE and simulation, vehicle dynamics, and design for manufacturability (DFM).
- Has experience coordinating design reviews and engineering change processes, applying tolerance and risk based engineering practices, and partnering with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure designs are robust, cost aware, and ready for scalable production.
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