The Layout Engineer is responsible for the definition, integration, and validation of vehicle layout and package concepts, ensuring technical feasibility, regulatory compliance, and performance fulfillment in alignment with TRATON Group product strategy, customer requirements, and brand-specific applications.

• Assess the technical feasibility of new vehicle concepts and derivatives through competitive benchmarking, requirement-to-specification comparison, and performance validation;
• Define vehicle vocation, wheelbase, body application, and package strategy by performing mass distribution and axle load analyses, ensuring compliance with functional, legal, and TRATON internal targets;
• Define and validate powertrain configurations (engine, transmission, rear axle ratio) according to vehicle mission, application, and customer use cases;
• Translate commercial, market, and brand-specific requirements into technically robust product solutions, including standard vehicles, special vehicles, and customer-driven customizations;
• Develop vehicle layout and package concepts from early phases, including initial sketches and 3D models, through detailed system integration.
• Ensure cross-system integration and technical coherence of chassis, powertrain, suspension, body, and auxiliary systems to fulfill the complete vehicle mission;
• Define and approve design, materials, and dimensional characteristics of vehicle components and systems in accordance with TRATON engineering standards;
• Act as technical owner and approver for 3D models, simulations, 2D drawings, general dimensions for body builders, and technical illustrations, assuming end-to-end technical responsibility;
• Prepare and present the complete vehicle DMU to align product scope, content, and assumptions across all stakeholders, including management and cross-functional areas;
• Develop and maintain Technical Concept Descriptions detailing the complete technical content of the product to support alignment across engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, and finance;
• Define and manage vehicle component content (add × delete) to support program feasibility and cost analyses in close cooperation with Finance and Controlling;
• Manage layout activities using Agile methodologies;
• Coordinate and support layout and package development activities across engineering disciplines, ensuring milestone achievement and timing adherence within TRATON product development processes;
• Interface with suppliers through technical meetings and site visits to analyze data, assess feasibility, and jointly develop technical solutions;
• Analyze and ensure compliance with national and international regulations, defining technical alternatives and solutions when required;
• Collaborate closely with TRATON Group brands and international development centers to enable platform synergies and harmonized solutions;
• Incorporate product life cycle considerations into new product development, including sustainability, maintainability, and total cost of ownership;
• Ensure compliance with TRATON Integrated Management System, including quality, safety, environmental, and legal requirements relevant to the role;
• Demonstrate awareness of environmental aspects, impacts, and applicable environmental legislation related to engineering activities.

• Bachelor´s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Electronic, Automotive, or Production Engineering;
• Advanced proficiency in CATIA is mandatory;
• Advanced proficiency in Connect is mandatory, recommended Windchill;
• Good understanding of vehicle development and processes;
• Strong coordination and planning skills in complex, cross‑functional environments;
• Structured, proactive, and solution‑oriented way of working;
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders;
• Experience in project management and development of technical documentation;
• Advanced/Fluency in English is mandatory;
• Experience in the automotive industry.

About us:

At TRATON Group, you are an important part of something bigger. Joining us means gaining behind-the-scenes access to how the entire transportation industry works. As part of a global team of industry experts, you will have the opportunity to think big, experience more, and go further. Being bigger also means being stronger. Together with our brands, we have the collective power to transform transportation.

The TRATON Group's Research & Development (R&D) organization is undergoing a major transformation with the goal of becoming an even stronger group by consolidating a global R&D structure. We are positioning ourselves to fully deliver a time-critical R&D roadmap, meeting high expectations for customer value generation while driving efficiency and effectiveness.

This transformation will strengthen our competitiveness — helping us gain market share and ensuring that the R&D area is a solid strategic partner for the TRATON Group and its brands: Scania (Sweden and Latin America), MAN, International, and Volkswagen Truck & Bus.

Our compensation packages:

• Meal allowance;
• Home-office allowance (hybrid model);*
• Profit Sharing – PLR*
• Daycare allowance (for mothers and single fathers)

Our Health and Well-being Programs and Plans

• Bradesco Saúde National Medical Assistance;*
• Psychological Assistance; (“Oriente-me” Program)
• Dental Assistance;*
• Psychologist and Social Worker available at the workplace for eventual needs;
• Total Pass; (access to gyms, studios, and other health and well-being partners)
• Medipreço; (discounts on medicines, cosmetics, and personal hygiene items)
• Travel Insurance; (international travel insurance for employees and their direct dependents, valid only for emergencies, with no additional cost to the employee)
• Endowment Plan;
• Private Pension Plan;
• Life insurance;

Services and Programs designed especially for you:

• Extended maternity leave (6 months) + extended paternity leave (20 days)
• Lactation room;
• “Baby in focus” – gift for the baby at birth
• Chartered transportation (commute to/from work)
• Free parking and on-site restaurant;
• Christmas basket;
• Christmas gift for children up to 12 years old;
• “Birthday day-off” – your birthday is your day off;

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  According to Company Policy: Benefits are subject to specific conditions and may change. Some benefits may involve payroll deductions.

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