About Oshkosh Defense, an Oshkosh company

Oshkosh Defense stands behind those who dedicate their lives to protecting others. As an industry-leading tactical vehicle manufacturer, every day we strive to meet or exceed our customers' ever-changing needs with next generation defense technologies and advanced systems. We operate with unparalleled commitment to those who depend on our products and services worldwide to perform their missions.

SUMMARY

As Director of Engineering you will make a difference by setting the design and technical direction of Body Structures and Closure systems for the Delivery business unit, ensuring targets for cost, performance, and timing are met while mentoring the team. You will provide technical direction, evaluate and select technologies and architectures for vehicle applications, plan and estimate program needs, and guide the Body and Closures team. Applying broad industry experience and collaborating with Manufacturing, Purchasing, Program Management, Suppliers, and Corporate stakeholders are key to delivering to plan and developing systems, methods, and tools for efficient and robust new product development.

YOUR IMPACT:

Reporting to the Sr Director of Engineering you will direct Oshkosh Body and Closures Engineering activities for all delivery vehicles (Including Structure, Hardware, Sealing, Paint & e-Coat systems).
Direct internal, external resources and supplier activities to meet agreed technical and commercial targets.
Ensure delivery of Body and Closures systems to meet technical performance requirements (such as Legal and Regulatory, Durability, Crash, NVH, Sealing and other key attributes) and Cost (Variable and Investment) targets.
Works closely with Suppliers, Manufacturing and Operations to ensure released designs are feasible to manufacture and produce at intended volume and robust (tolerant of normal manufacturing process and tolerance variation).
Define, plan and estimate Body and Closures activities needed to deliver assigned programs. Program plans to provide comprehensive delivery direction recognizing available Oshkosh product development policies and standards supplemented with industry tools techniques and best practice as required specific to Body and Closure systems.
Working across supporting functions and stakeholders (such as Vehicle Engineering, Program Management, FEA, Test, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality etc.) ensure delivery plans are aligned and coherent to ensure robust Body & Closure system design and delivery.
Create and maintain appropriate Body and Closures technical compliance and program delivery metrics to support tracking and reporting needs, demonstrate and ensure timely delivery to plan.
Represent Oshkosh Body & Closure systems as the technical expert (internally across Oshkosh and externally with customers and suppliers) as required.
Select appropriate Body technologies and architectures that can meet the technical and commercial objectives of the vehicle program.
Working closely with Purchasing, create RFI’s and RFQ content as required to identify and select Engineering Services and Production suppliers required for Body & Closure system delivery.
Establish and maintain department and cross functional meetings, design reviews and communications as required to co-ordinate and manage design and development activities.
Prepare and approve body status and open issues reports to support design recommendations and program milestone review as required.
Conduct and direct body systems problem solving investigations (such as test issues, manufacturing feedback, etc.) and ensure route cause understanding to develop effective countermeasures to close open issues.
Define the organizational, methods skills and capabilities needed to deliver Body and Closure systems from concept through to SOP and achievement of production quality targets.
Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
Enforce compliance with applicable Oshkosh corporate and technical standards and policies.
Approves overall Body and Closures systems design release (for prototype and production) and associated manufacturing and tooling investments.
Designs and develops an appropriate organization and establishes an operating environment in which subordinates know their authorities and responsibility and assigns workloads to challenge and strengthen employees.
Develop the skills and capabilities of the team with appropriate development assignments, day to day coaching and mentoring including regular 1:1 reviews with direct reports.
Conduct performance reviews of subordinates and recommend position or salary changes
Accepts and delegates authority, establishes priorities for work delegated to others.
Maintain and apply knowledge in latest Body & Closures technologies, Engineering process and Manufacturing technologies to integrate new technologies and engineering practices into Oshkosh.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; or equivalent.
Twelve (12) or more years of experience in engineering, contracts, lean and value stream management; or in a related area.
Five (5) or more years of management experience.
Ability to travel up to 25%.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

15 years or more years of experience within product design and development of Body & Closure systems in Automotive or Truck segments.
5 years or more of experience in a senior management role directing Body & Closures engineering from concept to launch.
Broad industry knowledge, insights into Body and Closure design and Engineering methods, processes, tools and techniques.
Comprehensive understanding of Body and Closures performance requirements such as legal and regulatory, Durability, Crash, NVH and other key attributes.
Detail understanding of product engineering tools and techniques (CAD, BOM management, PLM and product development systems) and the use engineering problem solving and quality tools such as, DFMEA, DVP, 8D, DoE, Fault trees, SPC, VSA, GD&T, … etc.
Good knowledge and familiarity with FEA, test and validation techniques.
Understanding and experienced in the use of widely used body materials Steel, Aluminum, Plastics and composites.
Understanding and experienced in widely used body manufacturing and assembly methods such as stamping, casting, extrusion, bending, roll forming, molding and assembly and joining technologies such as Jigs, Fixtures, Welding, Riveting, Bolting and mixed material joining technologies.
Good knowledge of body components and systems cost and timing characteristics.
Business Acumen: Drive connection between individual roles, functional goals and organizational goals to ensure we have workforce plans that align with short and long term needs
Knowledge and ability to integrate state-of-the-art design and manufacturing methods into product concepts and designs including familiarity with manufacturing robustness, GD&T and dimensional engineering
Advanced degree in relevant discipline is preferred.
Specific delivery vehicle design and development segment experience.
Expert knowledge of Body and Body systems integration and new product development processes.
Experience across different body architectures (Unibody, Body on frame) and segments (Passenger car, light and heavy truck, vocational vehicles, ... etc.)

SUPPLEMENTAL

OSHKOSH CORE COMPETENCIES:

Inspires and Motivates Others
- Genuine leader that engages, motivates and inspires others through trust, credibility, and collaboration. Understands how their leadership style impacts others.
- Makes decisions and bold moves in the face of adversity/uncertainty and accepts responsibility for those decisions.
- Helps others discover themselves and has a strong belief in themselves.
- Openly shares their knowledge and experience with others; encourages healthy debate.
Builds Collaborative Relationships
- Understands the products and services of all parts of the business and facilitates the flow of information between them to maintain mutually beneficial relationships.
- Establishes good interpersonal relationship by ensuring that people are valued, appreciated and included. Actively listens to and fully involves others.
- Gets to know people at all levels and adapts their leadership style to engage all team members
Coaches & Develops
- Makes their own and their team members’ development a priority. Gives others a sense of ownership and personal commitment to their work.
- Encourages team members to excel; delegates with development in mind.
- Provides timely and candid feedback in a way that encourages growth.
Encourages Innovation & Inclusion
- Champions and generates creative ideas to improve current thinking, processes and systems.
- Possesses an awareness of current trends and shares this knowledge to improve the business.
- Treats people the way they want to be treated rather than the way you wish to be treated.
- Comfortable working with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions as well as working effectively with all members in the organization
Aligns Organization
- Brings meaningful purpose, practical strategies and goals together to align achievable results.
- Sets challenging and impactful business objectives, aligns resources, and takes responsibility to achieve results.
- Ensures when decisions are made that all aspects of the business are considered and those impacted understand why.
Drives Strategic Thinking
- Understands the organization functions within a global environment. Spends time and effort on the implications of global business and its competitive elements.
- Builds and communicates a shared purpose, explains “the why” and generates enthusiasm around it to achieve positive results.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (these contacts may be within or outside department or division), and the gathering of factual information; may include the communication of sensitive or confidential information.
External Contacts: Frequent external contact to: gather information, answer queries, or ask assistance.
Communication Skills: Read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos; Read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions and procedure manuals; Write routine reports, correspondence and speak effectively before both internal and external groups; Read, analyze and interpret business manuals, technical procedures and/or government regulations: Read, analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
Decision-Making: Regularly makes decisions of responsibility, involving evaluation of information. Decisions may require development or application of alternatives or precedents.
Complexity, Judgment and Problem Solving: Generally structured work, but involving a choice of action within limits of standard policy and procedures.
Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing the work of others performing the same or directly related work. Acts as “lead worker”. Job functional supervision only. Recommends personnel actions (hiring, termination, pay changes). Involves scheduling, supervision, and evaluation of work of employees who perform similar work assignments

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Physical Demands: Frequent: Standing, Walking/Running, Sitting, Reaching, Hearing, Talking, Visual, Typing; Occasional: Driving, Fine Dexterity, Manual Dexterity; Upper Extremity Repetitive Motion; Seldom: Lifting/Carrying 25lbs., Pushing/Pulling 25llbs.
Non-Physical Demands: Frequent: Analysis/Reasoning, Communication/Interpretation, Math/Mental Computation, Reading, Sustained Mental Activity (i.e. auditing, problem solving, grant writing, composing reports), Writing.
Environmental Demands: Frequent: Work Alone, Frequent Task Changes, Tedious/Exacting Work; Occasional: High Volume Public Contact.
Work Schedule: Routine shift hours. Infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
Demands/Deadlines: Occasional stress due to deadlines or workload because of intermittent or cyclical work pressures, or occasional exposure to distressed individuals within the immediate work environment.

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Pay Range:

$136,800.00 - $253,200.00

The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions. Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people-first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

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Director of Engineering - Body Structures & Closures