Senior Commercial Vehicle Config & Integration Engineer

Blue Bird Corporation; Michigan; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

14 paid holidays, vacation time

401k matching

Job summary

Blue Bird Corporation seeks an Application Engineer to drive the technical product definition for a new commercial chassis platform from concept to production launch. Working under the Product Integration and Applications Engineering Lead, you will develop product requirements, support body builder integration, manage vehicle configurations, and ensure engineering changes are reflected across the lifecycle.

This role interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in product engineering, applications engineering, systems engineering, vehicle integration, commercial vehicle engineering, or product development.
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident; authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain vehicle, customer, application, regulatory, and body builder requirements with traceability throughout product development.
• Define chassis interfaces, installation requirements, mounting provisions, electrical interfaces, and guidelines for body builders to enable successful vehicle integration.
• Develop and maintain vehicle configurations, option compatibility, feature dependencies, engineering constraints, and configuration logic for customer applications and manufacturing.
• Create and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICDs), application specifications, body builder guides, installation manuals, and other technical documentation.
• Evaluate engineering changes for impacts on product configurations, customer applications, body integrations, manufacturing, and service while maintaining configuration integrity.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Vehicle Integration, Manufacturing, Strategic Sourcing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Sales to ensure consistent product definition through development and launch.
• Provide engineering support to body manufacturers, dealers, customers, and internal teams by evaluating vehicle applications, special requests, option compatibility, and integration feasibility.
• Verify engineering documentation, configuration rules, option logic, and technical data to ensure accurate implementation across engineering and manufacturing systems.
• Support prototype builds, manufacturing launch, and early production by resolving product definition, configuration, and application issues affecting readiness.
• Identify opportunities to improve product definition, simplify configuration, and strengthen application processes throughout the lifecycle.
• Operate in ambiguity by creating structure and driving execution as requirements and priorities evolve.

Skills

Product requirements

Interface control

Vehicle configuration

Engineering change mgmt

Cross-functional collaboration

CAD interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Automotive/Systems/Industrial Engineering

Tools

CAD software

PLM systems

Job description

Blue Bird Corporation seeks an Application Engineer to drive the technical product definition for a new commercial chassis platform from concept to production launch. Working under the Product Integration and Applications Engineering Lead, you will develop product requirements, support body builder integration, manage vehicle configurations, and ensure engineering changes are reflected across the lifecycle.

This role interfaces with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers.