High Voltage Component Design and Release Engineer

Description

Better Trucks. Better World.

Headquartered in Wixom, MI with locations in California, Ohio and Indiana, Workhorse is raising the standard for what a medium-duty truck should be — delivering vehicles, infrastructure, and support designed to work for you.

About the Role  

The High-Voltage Component Design Release Engineer (DRE) is responsible for the development, integration, validation, and production release of multiple high-voltage electrical components. Components may include traction inverters, power distribution units, DC/DC converters, onboard chargers, and other high-voltage devices used within Workhorse vehicle platforms.

The DRE will manage components throughout the full automotive development lifecycle, from requirements definition and supplier sourcing through validation, production launch, and field support.

What You Will Do

• Own the design, development, validation, integration, and release of assigned high-voltage components
• Develop, maintain, and refine technical and functional component requirements
• Lead technical evaluations and support supplier selection and sourcing activities
• Manage supplier engineering, design, manufacturing, validation, and production-readiness activities
• Develop and maintain component timing plans, validation plans, and engineering deliverables
• Track and report component development status, production readiness, validation progress, risks, and open issues
• Review supplier designs, drawings, specifications, test reports, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with mechanical engineering, packaging, thermal, electrical architecture, and vehicle integration teams to package and integrate components
• Support prototype, mule, design-validation, and production-validation vehicle builds
• Provide on-site engineering support at prototype build locations, supplier facilities, and Workhorse manufacturing plants
• Lead component-level issue resolution and support vehicle-level troubleshooting
• Support production, field-service, warranty, and root-cause investigations involving assigned components
• Ensure components meet performance, reliability, quality, safety, cost, and timing requirements
• Drive issues to closure while coordinating activities across suppliers and internal cross-functional teams

Requirements

Required Qualifications & Skill

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Two to five years of engineering experience within the automotive industry
• Experience developing or integrating high-voltage electrical components and systems
• Understanding of automotive development phases, including mule, design validation, production validation, and production launch
• Experience managing multiple components, suppliers, and development activities simultaneously
• Strong technical communication, problem-solving, and project-management skills
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, and service teams
• Ability and willingness to travel to supplier engineering and manufacturing locations

Why Workhorse

Engineering and Manufacturing for the Work Ahead

Workhorse designs, engineers, tests, validates and manufactures physical products in America’s Heartland. Our work spans battery-electric commercial vehicles and the development of Mobile AI Infrastructure.

See Your Work Take Shape

Engineering and manufacturing come together at Workhorse. Employees can see their contributions progress from problem-solving and product development to production and real-world use.

Collaborative, Accountable Teams

Our teams work across disciplines to solve practical challenges. We value respect, open communication and accountability, and employees are trusted to contribute ideas and take ownership of their work.

Built on Experience. Focused on What’s Ahead.

Workhorse brings established commercial-vehicle experience to new products and applications, creating opportunities to strengthen what we do today while helping develop what comes next.

A Workplace with Personality

We take our work seriously while making room for connection, camaraderie and fun. At select locations, that includes a dog-friendly workplace in accordance with site guidelines.

Workhorse ValuesIntegrity | Transparency, Accountability & Results | Pride in Excellence | Intentional Innovation Extraordinary Talent and Teamwork

Workhorse Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.