BIW Structures Lead Engineer – End-to-End Vehicles

Polaris Industries Inc.; Wyoming; On-site; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Gym & personal training reimbursement

Life insurance and disability

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Polaris Industries Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the design, development, and validation of structural systems for powersports vehicles from concept through production.

You will own components across the full lifecycle, coordinating with architects, product management, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to meet performance, safety, quality, and cost targets. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with cross‑functional partners, and hands-on development of

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead the design, development, and validation of structural components and assemblies from concept through production.
• Knowledge of engineering documentation and product development tools, including component specifications, design failure mode and effects analyses, and design validation plans and reports.
• Ability to evaluate manufacturing methods and balance structural performance, safety, quality, cost, reliability, and timing requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product management, manufacturing, operations, suppliers, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to lead technical design reviews and communicate engineering concepts through layouts, sketches, presentations, and related documentation.
• Ability to investigate field and production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, validation, and production implementation of structural components and assemblies.
• Own structural components throughout the product development lifecycle, including design, sourcing, validation, release, manufacturing, and production support.
• Ensure structural designs meet safety, performance, quality, reliability, cost, and timing objectives for vehicle and accessory programs.
• Create and maintain component specifications, FMEA, DV plans and reports, and related engineering documentation.
• Evaluate and recommend manufacturing methods that support design, performance, quality, and cost objectives.
• Collaborate with program architects, engineers, designers, product management, manufacturing, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams to deliver robust structural solutions.
• Develop engineering concepts, layouts, sketches, and presentations to support product development decisions.
• Partner with suppliers to develop structural solutions for new vehicles and accessories.
• Lead and participate in design reviews to establish technical alignment and support program execution.
• Investigate field and production issues, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Structural design leadership

End-to-end ownership

Cross‑functional collaboration

Engineering documentation

Root-cause analysis

Design reviews

Manufacturing methods evaluation

Job description

Polaris Industries Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to lead the design, development, and validation of structural systems for powersports vehicles from concept through production.

You will own components across the full lifecycle, coordinating with architects, product management, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to meet performance, safety, quality, and cost targets. The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with cross‑functional partners, and hands-on development of