Chassis Systems Sustaining Engineer for Fleet Reliability

HireArt; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Healthcare benefits (HireArt)

Flexible Spending Account

Disability & life insurance

401k package

Job summary

HireArt is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Sustaining Engineer - Chassis Systems to support key chassis subsystems across both the in-service fleet and vehicles in current production. In this role, you’ll lead root cause investigations, develop corrective actions, and make subsystem-level technical decisions for steering, suspension, and braking systems.

You’ll guide changes through design, validation, release, and fleet implementation while prioritizing safety,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of chassis systems experience in product development, manufacturing, or sustaining engineering.
• Experience developing subsystem-level corrective actions to improve reliability, durability, manufacturability, or serviceability.
• Experience with root cause analysis, DFMEA, and product and process validation.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own sustaining engineering and corrective action development for chassis systems across the in-service fleet and current production vehicles, from root cause confirmation through fleet-wide implementation.
• Drive end-to-end resolution of field and manufacturing issues affecting steering, suspension, and braking systems.
• Use fleet and production data to prioritize work and validate improvements.
• Lead design updates and system improvements that enhance safety, durability, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
• Author and manage engineering change requests and change actions.
• Develop and execute validation plans at component, subsystem, system, and vehicle levels.
• Lead retrofit and rework campaigns and partner with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, service, and operations teams to implement effective technical solutions.

Skills

Root cause analysis

DFMEA

Validation planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical documentation

Communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

CATIA

3DEXPERIENCE

DELMIA

SAP

Jira

Confluence

SQL

Python

Dashboards/Data viz tools

Job description

HireArt is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Sustaining Engineer - Chassis Systems to support key chassis subsystems across both the in-service fleet and vehicles in current production. In this role, you’ll lead root cause investigations, develop corrective actions, and make subsystem-level technical decisions for steering, suspension, and braking systems.

You’ll guide changes through design, validation, release, and fleet implementation while prioritizing safety,