School bus manufacturer building Type A, C and D buses, including EV platforms
Blue Bird designs and builds school buses in Georgia, and its hiring is engineering-heavy and senior-skewed, centered on EV powertrain integration and next-generation chassis platforms. The stack pairs vehicle-network tooling (Vector CANalyzer, CANape, Automotive Ethernet, MATLAB/Simulink) with multiple CAD/PLM suites, suggesting deep in-house electrification work. Plant-side pain points cluster around scrap, material flow and inventory accuracy.
Notable leadership hires: Total Rewards Director
Blue Bird Corporation is a publicly traded US manufacturer of school buses, founded in 1927 and headquartered in Macon, Georgia. It offers Type A, C and D buses in multiple configurations, and provides financing through Blue Bird Capital Services. Manufacturing runs from Georgia-based facilities, with dealers and parts and service locations across North America. The company also exports buses to markets in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and employs in the 1,001–5,000 range.
Blue Bird uses SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, Inventor and 3DEXPERIENCE for design, Vector CANalyzer, CANape, MATLAB and Simulink for vehicle systems, plus MES, Allen-Bradley, Fanuc, Qlik Sense, Jira and UKG.
Yes. Engineering is Blue Bird's largest hiring area, weighted toward senior roles, alongside manufacturing and operations positions, all based in the United States.
Yes. Job posts point to EV powertrain integration, EV repair training support, service labor standards for EV repairs, and troubleshooting EV field issues.
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