Lightship · 2 months ago
Manager of Power Systems Design Engineering
Broomfield, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$145K/yr - $165K/yr
7+ years expLightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer currently developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. As the Manager of Power Systems Design Engineering, you will lead a team in the development, prototyping, and testing of various power systems and subsystems, ensuring they meet regulatory and performance standards.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingRecreational VehiclesTravel
Responsibilities
Engineering development and requirements generation:
Work with the Product and Design teams to develop high level product requirements, and create lower level engineering requirements for your sub-systems by working with the various engineering teams (systems, controls/software, vehicle engineering)
Review regulatory requirements and ensure all components are designed to meet them
Work with the supply chain and finance teams to ensure all subsystems are meeting cost targets
Perform Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) to highlight reliability and safety issues. Use the outputs of this process to create design fixes and drive test plans
Create timelines and schedules for all subsystem development and work with the program team to ensure these are meeting high level milestones and development goals
Create detailed CAD and drawings of all custom components. Work with the CAD/PLM team to ensure all packaging issues are resolved and all parts are released
Select off the shelf components that meet all functional, durability, cost and quality needs
Create tolerance stack analyses and apply appropriate GD&T controls to 3D geometries
Hold design reviews with the cross functional team to ensure all considerations are taken into account
Host core team meetings to push forward work and collaborate with the cross-functional teams
Work with supply chain to select appropriate suppliers, and work with suppliers to ensure components can be manufactured by performing detailed design for manufacturing (DFM) analysis
Testing and analysis:
Create design validation plans (DVPs) by working with the test engineering team
Perform all necessary analysis (thermal, structural, etc) to reduce risk of design failures and ensure we meet performance targets
Build functional prototypes of subsystems to ensure early de-risking before full vehicle builds
Perform engineering validation (EV) testing of subsystems to characterize performance and safety
Work with the test engineering team to troubleshoot issues from highly accelerated life testing (HALT) and vehicle level test failures
Build, production, and aftersales support:
Create work instructions by working with the production operations teams and performing design for assembly (DFA) analysis
Perform first article inspections of components from suppliers and work with in house quality engineering to triage quality issues
Support prototype builds, testing and development in South SF R&D office (5-10% of time, depending on phase of program)
Support field service engineering of customer vehicles and marketing vehicles
Team management and leadership:
Be the technical lead for electrical hardware engineering design on the Power Systems Engineering team
Manage PSE design engineers, and work with program management and other engineering managers to ensure team members are meeting all deliverables
Hold regular 1:1s and coach direct reports to build up their technical skills and organizational skills
Qualification
Required
7+ years design engineering experience, 1+ years of people management experience
Expertise with a majority of the following:
CAD/PLM/PDM systems
Creating detailed 3D CAD and drawings for electrical hardware components (cast/injection molded housings, busbars, wire harnesses, insulators, switches etc)
Selecting appropriate materials for electrical hardware, including plastics, metals, polymers and ceramics
Creating design validation plans for electrical hardware
High voltage power distribution systems
DFM/DFA analysis
Bolted joint design and analysis
Rapid iteration cycles
Supporting programs in all stages of the product life cycle, from early concepting to supporting production and field service
Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and needs
Able to adapt quickly to change and approach challenges with flexibility and creativity
Solutions-oriented, with a focus on progress and impact over perfection
Willingness to operate effectively at both strategic and hands-on levels (contributing as an individual contributor and leading as a manager)
Preferred
Experience with solar arrays
Experience designing wire harnesses (high voltage and low voltage)
Experience with CATIA (3DX)
Experience with performing thermal analyses (mixed convective/conductive/radiation HT)
Experience with structural analysis (basic stress/strain and modal analysis)
Experience with designing for automotive environments
Experience performing DFMEAs on electric vehicle power systems/propulsion systems
Experience with systems engineering and software based vehicle architectures
Benefits
Healthcare, Dental, Vision
401k
Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
8 Company Holidays + the company observes a period of scheduled downtime during the end of the year for a week, allowing all employees to enjoy a break
12 weeks paid parental leave
$2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip
Company
Lightship
Lightship is an all-electric RV manufacturer, designer, and a producer of an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$87.84MKey Investors
Prelude VenturesObvious Ventures
2025-12-08Series Unknown· $26.62M
2024-01-17Series B· $34M
2022-07-18Series A· $23.14M
Leadership Team
Ben Parker
Co-Founder & CPO
Marissa Peretz
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