Senior Plastics and Composites Design Engineer

Plastics Design Engineer Club Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation. General

Job Description
Join a dynamic, growing small-vehicle company where your plastics and composites expertise will directly shape the next generation of golf, commercial, personal-transportation, and on-road vehicles. In this role, you will transform new product ideas into durable, high-quality production components—leading the full design and release process from concept development and material selection through supplier collaboration, tooling, manufacturing-process development, product validation, and launch. This is an exciting opportunity for a plastics design engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about creating robust plastic solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. Primary Duties and Responsibilities
* Subject matter expert in 1 or more areas of plastic component design (exterior body panels, interior, chassis/structural components)
* Understanding of all processes to manufacture plastic components: injection molding, extrusion, compression molding, blow molding, thermoforming, and other common processes used for the manufacturing of products made from polymeric materials.
* Develop and maintain material and component specifications and qualification plans.
* Learn and contribute to requirements, risk analysis, DFMEA, DVP&R and specifications, engineering change notices.
* Employ project management methodologies that ensure a predictable outcome for development goals and responsibilities.
* Remove roadblocks and accelerate implementation of projects.
* Support the development of technology roadmaps and strategies
* Assist in developing test acceptance criteria using reliability and confidence in designs. Other Duties and Responsibilities
* Develop and drive cross functional team to achieve scheduled milestones for assigned projects.
* Effectively self-manage large projects or multiple smaller concurrent projects
* Expert in Problem solving techniques (9-step, 8D, etc.).
* First point of contact within engineering regarding customer issues.
* Mentor designers, lab technicians and other team members.
* Understand and influence regulatory standards that affect your product. Qualifications for the Job

Education:
* Bachelor's Degree in Plastics Engineering Technology or equivalent is required
* Knowledge of thermoplastic and thermoset materials
* Familiar with DFM, Mold Flow and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) required for the development of plastic parts.

Experience:
* 7+ years' experience is recommended. Key Competencies
* Must be self-motivated, a strong collaborator, able to think creatively and work with others to find solutions, drive execution, and focus on results.
* Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Effective verbal and written communications skills.
* Employs "best" solution to problem rather than most evident (considers business impact to other departments as well as technical requirements)
* Proficient at identifying project/subsystem risks and developing/executing subsequent mitigation plans
* Capability and willingness to teach and mentor others in plastics design processes and best practices.
* Passion for growing the technical capabilities of the company.
* High capability in in Microsoft products including, Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint. Physical Requirements
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.
* This position may be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch as needed.
* Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Club Car is a diverse and inclusive environment. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce including individuals with disabilities and United States qualified protected veterans. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated at Club Car.