Senior Truck Engineering & Compliance Specialist

Job Title: Senior Truck Engineering & Compliance Specialist

Reports To: Senior Director of Truck Engineering & Compliance
FLSA Status: Exempt
Department: Truck Engineering & Compliance
Date: September 2026
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Summary

Join NTEA, the association for the commercial vehicle industry, where your contributions can shape the future of transportation. We are a well-established and respected organization with many highly tenured employees. As a Senior Truck Engineering & Compliance Specialist, you will draw on extensive industry experience to provide trusted commercial vehicle engineering and regulatory guidance to NTEA member companies, industry groups, regulatory agencies, and other key stakeholders. You will serve as a senior technical resource on complex engineering and compliance matters and help anticipate emerging issues affecting the commercial vehicle industry. Your work will directly impact the success of member companies and the industry at large through a variety of means.

About the Role

Work trucks are the backbone of our North American economy. Through our department within NTEA, we support a wide variety of commercial vehicle manufacturer and end-user member companies, as well as internal staff with information and insight on commercial work trucks. As a Senior Truck Engineering & Compliance Specialist, you will have direct contact with members, from small family businesses to global chassis OEMs, collaborate with industry groups, help develop educational resources, and participate in key industry events and functions.  This role requires the ability to independently address a broad range of technical subjects, apply significant industry experience to complex issues, and identify emerging matters that may affect members and the industry. 

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Technical Assistance: Provide technical assistance to member companies on complex engineering issues, drawing on extensive experience related to vehicle manufacture and upfitting of commercial trucks and related equipment.
• Regulatory Guidance: Provide expert guidance on compliance with U.S. Federal and Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and other industry regulations and standards relative to work trucks.
• Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor and analyze evolving industry regulations, helping anticipate their impact on member companies, and develop action plans and resources for member company compliance with new regulations.
• Liaison Role: Act as a liaison between members and government agencies, improving mutual understanding of industry issues and representing the Association in relevant standards development groups.
• Industry Support: Manage and support industry groups of the Association, including meeting facilitation and technical guidance.
• Educational Resources: Lead or contribute to the development of technical publications, manuals, and other educational materials for members.
• Content Development: Create and contribute technical content for our organization’s publications and communication channels.
• Event Participation: Assist with and participate in annual organization events and other industry shows. 

Required Skills:

• Technical skills – Drawing on extensive individual and departmental commercial vehicle engineering experience, this role independently provides technical assistance to members on a broad range of vehicle and regulatory subjects, including complex or emerging issues. The role requires the ability to apply significant industry knowledge and engineering judgment, evaluate issues that may not have straightforward solutions, and anticipate challenges members may encounter through evolving vehicle technologies and regulatory activities.
• Communication: Interpersonal, oral, and written – The ability to understand and communicate complex technical subject matter is critical in working with member companies and internal staff, as well as with chassis OEMs, government agencies, and interactions with other industry organizations. Strong written communication skills are needed in responses to members and other industry partners, as well as technical content, educational resources, and other publication materials.
• Industry perspective and judgment – The ability to draw on significant commercial vehicle industry experience to evaluate complex or emerging issues, understand their potential implications for member companies, and contribute informed technical perspective in discussions with members, industry organizations, chassis OEMs and government agencies.
• Customer service – This role requires a strong desire to ensure the needs of our members are prioritized and met, as well as our internal staff customers.
• Computer skills – The organization uses Teams and Teamwork platforms for communications and project management, along with standard MS Office suite programs.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None (at this time)

Travel:

• Approximately four to six weeks of travel per year for organizational events, staff training, project work, division meetings, standards groups, and industry conferences. 

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for long periods and operate a computer.
• Must be able to communicate effectively via telephone/web meetings, including from home in a hybrid work area.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Engineering degree and 10 years or more of automotive/truck experience preferred.
• Vocational work truck equipment industry experience is a plus.