Engineering Project Team Leader (Engine Validation)

Location: Mossville, Illinois, United States; onsite five days a week. Up to 25% travel may be required to engine labs, proving grounds, third-party facilities, and field test locations. Relocation assistance is available.

Salary: $128,470–$192,710 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops products and services that support stronger, more sustainable communities.

What you will do

• Lead structural validation strategy for core engine components, from requirements definition through testing and final reporting.
• Manage validation demand and PMO coordination across program priorities, lab capacity, hardware availability, and global resources.
• Develop validation plans with design, simulation, product, and supplier teams for NSI, NPI, NTI, NTI-S, and CPI projects.
• Coordinate engine hardware, fixtures, instrumentation, and tooling readiness for on-time testing.
• Execute structural and dynamics testing according to standard procedures, safety practices, and validation requirements.
• Analyze test data and communicate results, risks, recommendations, and potential design solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accredited Engineering, Materials Science, or a closely related curriculum, or equivalent engineering experience.
• Extensive knowledge of products and services, technical excellence, influencing through expertise, troubleshooting, and product design and development.
• Advanced project management skills and extensive team-building and team-management knowledge.
• Strong understanding of engine core components, including valvetrain, rotating components, cylinder pack, cylinder head, cylinder block, and bolted joints.
• Familiarity with engine lab operations, test cell processes, component setup, hardware readiness, tooling, safety practices, and standard test procedures.
• Knowledge of structural durability, fatigue analysis, modal analysis, bolted joint analysis, torsional vibration testing, and engine dynamics validation.
• Proficiency with instrumentation and data acquisition systems, including strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure sensors, speed and position sensors, telemetry, and signal conditioning equipment.
• Ability to interpret complex test data, identify root causes, assess durability margins, and develop technical recommendations.
• Strong technical communication skills and experience coordinating validation across global labs, third-party facilities, proving grounds, or field test locations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, vision, paid time off, parental leave, life and disability insurance, and employee assistance benefits, subject to eligibility.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, incentive bonus, tuition reimbursement, career development, and employee discounts are available subject to plan terms.
• Testing may take place across hirify.global engine labs, proving grounds, third-party laboratories, and field sites.
• Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Employment offers are conditional on successful completion of a drug screen.