Liaison Design Engineer

Company Information

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905. PACCAR Inc is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields with internationally recognized brands such as Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks.  PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates.  PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

Whether you want to design the transportation technology of tomorrow, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services — you can develop the career you desire with PACCAR. Get started!

Division Information

Kenworth Truck Company is the manufacturer of The World’s Best® heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth is an industry leader in providing fuel-saving technology solutions that help increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company’s dedication to the green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, and medium duty diesel-electric hybrids.

Position Summary

The Liaison Design Engineer will serve as the interface between the Kenworth Division engineering team and offshore engineering manager and team. They will be responsible for collecting requirements, transferring technical data, managing queries, communicating status, and ensuring deliverables meet customer expectations.  Additionally, they will communicate relevant information from Kenworth Division to facilitate both daily activities where physical presence is necessary, and long-term planning to align offshore team competencies with requirements. They will apply understanding of the knowledge, expertise, and operational environment of the India offshore teams, to make pivotal decisions for effective project management. Depending on team requirements, the liaison role may be performed in combination with a proportion of time spent in direct support of Kenworth engineering team as an individual contributor.

Responsibilities

• Act as Single Point of Contact for Kenworth Engineering team for communication of work requirements, deliverable status, and outputs. Communicates via local engineer manager based in PACCAR India or direct to the direct reports of this engineering manager in India.

• Maintain detailed working knowledge of vehicle projects at Kenworth Division, understanding project priorities and implication to direct successful completion.

• Apply knowledge of the project and product priorities to appropriately allocate tasks to the offshore team.

• Identify trends and gaps for future projects and feed back to management to align training and recruitment with future Kenworth Division needs.

• Collect detailed technical requirements from to help build accurate understanding for the offshore team.

• Communicate technical requirements to offshore team leads.

• Direct queries from offshore to appropriate individuals and feedback relevant milestones and issues to offshore team.

• Work within onsite systems as necessary to hand offshore deliverables over into onsite Engineering systems.

• Capture feedback Kenworth Division on PACCAR India performance and handle escalations where performance does not meet expectations.

• Support offshore team where physical presence is necessary at Kenworth Division (examples: in-person meetings, collecting information such as taking photos of truck factory assembly processes).

• Build and maintain a professional network of stakeholders in Project Management, Engineering and supporting functions as necessary.

• Represent PACCAR India to the Engineering team at Kenworth.
   

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in commercial vehicle engineering role AND 3+ years of experience coordinating project teams internationally across multiple time zones

• 2+ years’ detailed technical relevant experience in same engineering discipline. 

• Experience in commercial vehicle chassis design and construction

• Experience in suspension system design

• Experience in automotive steering system design

• Experience in vibration isolation systems

• Experience in minimum of two vehicle projects following the PACCAR Product Creation Process

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Ability to work under pressure and multitask within a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels of the business.

• Ability to communicate clearly with team members and management

• Good customer service skills and ability to be a good team player.

Desired Qualifications & Skills

• Master’s Degree or PhD in related field.

• Chartered Engineer / Certified Engineer status

• Project Management Certified

As a U.S. PACCAR employee, you have a full range of benefit options including: 

• 401k with up to a 5% company match 

• Fully funded pension plan that provides monthly benefits after retirement 

• Comprehensive paid time off – minimum of 10 paid vacation days (additional days are provided with additional seniority/years of service), 12 paid holidays, and sick time  

• Tuition reimbursement for continued education  

• Medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family  

• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)  

• Paid short-and long-term disability programs  

• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance  

• EAP services include wellness plans, estate planning, financial counseling, and more 

Additional Job Board Information

At PACCAR, we value talent and promote growth and development. We carefully consider numerous compensation factors including your education, training, or experience. The salary range for Liaison Design Engineer is $84,000-$131,700 annually. This position is also eligible for a holiday gift. Additionally, this role is eligible for the full range of benefit options listed above.

PACCAR promotes equal employment opportunities by implementing policies and practices that ensure employees and applicants are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status or other legally protected status. This applies to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, termination, rates of pay, and other conditions of employment.