ABOUT US:

Our mission at Santa Cruz Bicycles is to make the best bicycles and to have fun doing it. Since 1994, we’ve been doing just that, and finding unique and innovative solutions for everything from suspension design to manufacturing processes along the way. We are a global organization and one of many premium brands in the Pon Bike portfolio, the largest bike company in the world. We are humble but proud of our heritage, built on our commitment to quality products and our most valued asset, talented people who are invited to be themselves and enhance our distinctive and evolving workplace culture.

ABOUT YOU:

As the Senior Composites Engineer, you will coordinate the R&D efforts and manage lab resources towards increasing the durability, stiffness and safety of our carbon products for a given weight and cost.

WHAT DOES YOUR DAY JOB LOOK LIKE:

• Work as a technical liaison with our composite factories to develop new layups and get buy-in on new materials and composite processes as needed from the Design Engineering Team

• Manage the Composites R&D Lab

• Participate in design reviews to help the Design Engineering Team determine directions based on project goals and DFM

• Be a go-to expert for Design Engineers with composite layup and manufacturing questions

• Review tooling, layup schedules, and communicate pushes, questions, and recommended changes

• Own improvements to our products through layup and process optimization that fit within the development schedule

• Evaluate testing failures to help guide the factory toward efficient solutions

• Work with Quality team on issues or improvements with the factory as needed

• Coordinate testing and production approval for all frames and components

• Research alternate materials and manufacturing methods, and demonstrate advantages through hands-on prototyping, testing and analysis in the Composites R&D Lab

• Travel to Asia up to four times per year

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

• Intimate knowledge of composites manufacturing, preferred experience with consumer products

• Hands-on experience working with carbon fiber

• Experience managing overseas manufacturing projects

• Working knowledge of ProE / Creo software

• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment and use feedback in a constructive way

• Consumer product design experience a plus

• Intimate knowledge of Santa Cruz Bicycles product line

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend and explain documents in English. Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, in English.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS FOR THE ROLE: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the overall duties and responsibilities of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the overall duties and responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use of hands and fingers, handle, or feel, reach above head with hands and arms, lift, push, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl, pull, talk and hear. The employee must lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Vision may be corrected within normal range. The noise level in the work environment is quiet.

HOURLY/SALARY RANGE: This compensation package will be dependent on experience, qualifications, industry experience and the interview with a potential range of up to $150,000 - $180,000.