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Component / Sustainment Engineer

Forterra · Clarksburg, MD · On-site

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About Forterra

About Forterra At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Backed by SoftBank VF.

About the role

Forterra is looking for a hands-on Component / Sustainment Engineer to join the Core Product team in Clarksburg, MD. You will be working with a small team of engineers to develop autonomous systems for military and commercial vehicles. This involves sustaining the products in production and ensuring efficient builds on upcoming product builds. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Serve as the technical point of contact for PCB/CCA component lifecycle and shortage support
  • Identify, validate, and document form-fit-function alternates to resolve shortages, and add them to engineering libraries and PLM
  • Prepare and release technical drawing package updates to address obsolescence and shortages
  • Qualify new components, including eMMC, DDR modules and ICs, and hard drives
  • Review new designs through BOM scrubs, flagging components with known shortages, lifecycle risk, or single-source exposure before release
  • Monitor Product Change Notices (PCNs) and assess their impact on active products
More about this role

About the role

Forterra is looking for a hands-on Component / Sustainment Engineer to join the Core Product team in Clarksburg, MD. You will be working with a small team of engineers to develop autonomous systems for military and commercial vehicles. This involves sustaining the products in production and ensuring efficient builds on upcoming product builds.

What you'll do

  • Serve as the technical point of contact for PCB/CCA component lifecycle and shortage support
  • Identify, validate, and document form-fit-function alternates to resolve shortages, and add them to engineering libraries and PLM
  • Prepare and release technical drawing package updates to address obsolescence and shortages
  • Qualify new components, including eMMC, DDR modules and ICs, and hard drives
  • Review new designs through BOM scrubs, flagging components with known shortages, lifecycle risk, or single-source exposure before release
  • Monitor Product Change Notices (PCNs) and assess their impact on active products
  • Maintain consistency between engineering component libraries and PLM
  • Partner with Supply Chain and Hardware teams to analyze obsolescence risk, develop mitigation strategies, and assess product...

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