Lead automotive chassis engineering for Lightship’s battery-powered trailer, combining suspension, braking, and vehicle integration expertise. Work across the full product lifecycle.

This Staff Automotive Chassis Engineer owns chassis components and assemblies from requirements definition through production release. You will develop suspension, braking, wheels, tires, subframes, mounts, and structural members. Your work applies vehicle loads, fatigue, bolted-joint analysis, GD&T;, and design-for-manufacturing principles.

Key Responsibilities:

- Integrate suspension, braking, drive units, wheels, and tires
- Develop mounting strategies, clearances, tolerances, and interfaces
- Perform stress, deflection, fatigue, and bolted-joint calculations
- Lead design reviews, CAE, DFMEA, and trade studies




- Collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams

Requirements:

- Eight or more years in automotive or similar mechanical design
- Five or more years designing vehicle chassis systems preferred
- Understanding of vehicle loads, stiffness, fatigue, and braking principles
- Experience with supplier, manufacturing, and engineering issue resolution
- Experience with welded structures, sheet metal, machining, or castings

Use vehicle systems expertise, engineering calculations, and supplier collaboration to advance Lightship’s aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer.

📌 Staff Automotive Chassis Engineer (Canada)
🏢 Lightship
📍 Canada