Job Description
Piper Maddox is partnered with a Detroit-based EV startup that is looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their team. They build modular electric vehicle platforms on top of OEM cab chassis, serving verticals like mobile healthcare, RVs, command centers, food & beverage, and pet care. They're looking for someone to own mechanical design across current customer vehicles while helping build out a modular, configurable platform that lets the company scale.
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Responsibilities:
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- Own mechanical design for both customer vehicles and the broader modular platform, from concept through CAD to the shop floor.
- Design complex assemblies with hundreds to thousands of components per vehicle in Siemens NX.
- Work daily with the in-house technician team, creating work instructions, answering questions, and problem-solving on the floor as designs meet real-world builds.
- Think at the systems level across mechanical, plumbing, and electrical integration.
- Iterate quickly, often starting fabrication before design is fully finalized, to keep pace with production demands.
- Contribute to a module library with standardized attachment points, BOMs, and assembly instructions that can be mixed and matched across verticals.
- Collaborate with software engineers to explore automation opportunities in design and manufacturing workflows, including parametric design and dynamic BOM generation.
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Qualifications:
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- Experience: 7+ years of mechanical design experience, having taken physical products (not just components) from concept through production.
- Strong CAD skills required; Siemens NX preferred, but SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar with willingness to learn NX is acceptable.
- Demonstrated experience designing for manufacturability, including welded structures, sheet metal, tubed aluminum, and fastening systems.
- Comfortable working on a shop floor alongside technicians and iterating on designs in real time.
- Systems-level thinker who can hold an entire vehicle in mind, rather than someone focused on a single subsystem within a large organization.
- Background in automotive, commercial vehicles, EV, or industrial equipment, with experience handling real-world loads, vibration, water systems, and integration complexity.
- Experience at a smaller company or startup is a strong plus.
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Apply directly for more information.
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