By SEMA Editors

Latest Jobs Added to SEMA Career Center

Are you hunting for a new job? The SEMA Career Center has a comprehensive listing of automotive-related job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest jobs posted to the website.

Account Manager: Agency Power is looking for talented and motivated individuals to join their team. The company is looking to add sales professionals with strong backgrounds in business to business (B2B) sales to grow our dealer/wholesale program. Business development of dealers, direct marketing and closing sales are tasks that are accomplished day in and day out. Successful candidates will be extremely reliable with strong computer skills, a familiarity with creating contacts and conducting follow-up with customers, and a solid understanding of late-model cars, trucks and UTVs, as well as general automotive knowledge applying to turbochargers, exhausts, intakes and additional performance components.

Technical/Customer Success Position: Group-A Engineering is seeking a highly motivated and experienced customer success expert  with engine—primarily import—and suspension experience to support company growth and provide the highest level of customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will be an enthusiast with a passion for helping people and applying those attributes to this position.

Qualifications and Requirements: A minimum of five years of experience in the automotive industry (import experience a plus); the ability to be self-managed and lead your team; and engine, vehicle electronics, and suspension experience. A passion for the automotive performance industry is a must.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer: Cognito Motorsports is looking for an experienced mechanical design engineer. The designer will be responsible for working with existing designs and generating new design concepts to further the brand. Essential duties include providing production support to the machining and assembly areas; analyzing engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts; and using computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software to develop designs.

By SEMA Editors

Latest Jobs Added to SEMA Career Center

Are you hunting for a new job? The SEMA Career Center has a comprehensive listing of automotive-related job openings around the country. Here are some of the latest jobs posted to the website.

Account Manager: Agency Power is looking for talented and motivated individuals to join their team. The company is looking to add sales professionals with strong backgrounds in business to business (B2B) sales to grow our dealer/wholesale program. Business development of dealers, direct marketing and closing sales are tasks that are accomplished day in and day out. Successful candidates will be extremely reliable with strong computer skills, a familiarity with creating contacts and conducting follow-up with customers, and a solid understanding of late-model cars, trucks and UTVs, as well as general automotive knowledge applying to turbochargers, exhausts, intakes and additional performance components.

Technical/Customer Success Position: Group-A Engineering is seeking a highly motivated and experienced customer success expert  with engine—primarily import—and suspension experience to support company growth and provide the highest level of customer satisfaction. The successful candidate will be an enthusiast with a passion for helping people and applying those attributes to this position.

Qualifications and Requirements: A minimum of five years of experience in the automotive industry (import experience a plus); the ability to be self-managed and lead your team; and engine, vehicle electronics, and suspension experience. A passion for the automotive performance industry is a must.

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer: Cognito Motorsports is looking for an experienced mechanical design engineer. The designer will be responsible for working with existing designs and generating new design concepts to further the brand. Essential duties include providing production support to the machining and assembly areas; analyzing engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts; and using computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software to develop designs.

By SEMA Editors

This is one the latest looks ’20 Nissan Titan pictured testing in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Judging by the camo on this Titan, the refreshed truck appears to feature a new grille, headlamp units and a revised lower front fascia. Out back, a revised tailgate and taillights can be expected.

A base V6 is slated to arrive at some point, but it has been pushed back from its original timing of ’17 model year. Details have not been revealed for the engine, though it could be a 3.8L DOHC 24v V6, which will possibly be an up-level engine in the next Frontier. Rumor also has it that the Cummins diesel will be dropped for the ’20 or ’21 model years. An official debut is expected later this year.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

By SEMA Editors

This is one the latest looks ’20 Nissan Titan pictured testing in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Judging by the camo on this Titan, the refreshed truck appears to feature a new grille, headlamp units and a revised lower front fascia. Out back, a revised tailgate and taillights can be expected.

A base V6 is slated to arrive at some point, but it has been pushed back from its original timing of ’17 model year. Details have not been revealed for the engine, though it could be a 3.8L DOHC 24v V6, which will possibly be an up-level engine in the next Frontier. Rumor also has it that the Cummins diesel will be dropped for the ’20 or ’21 model years. An official debut is expected later this year.

Photo credit: Brian Williams, SpiedBilde

Members of SEMA's Young Executives Network met with students and instructors from the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts during a mock measuring session on the brand-new Honda Talon UTV build, which will be auctioned with100% of the proceeds going towards SEMA Cares charities.

https://youtu.be/6aPlbhjFYps

Members of SEMA's Young Executives Network met with students and instructors from the Alex Xydias Center for Automotive Arts during a mock measuring session on the brand-new Honda Talon UTV build, which will be auctioned with100% of the proceeds going towards SEMA Cares charities.

https://youtu.be/6aPlbhjFYps

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities in the Classifieds page of SEMA.org.

By SEMA Editors

SEMA eNews highlights SEMA-member companies’ websites weekly through the Hot Links to Cool Sites section. SEMA members: To be included in Hot Links to Cool Sites, email your company name and website to enews@sema.org. Note: Make sure to include “Hot Links” in the subject line of the email.

• All Midwest Sales
• BAK Industries
• Coker Tire
• Foster & Associates
• Husky Liners
• Motovicity
• R & R Marketing Consultants
• TruXedo
• Undercover
• Wes-Coast Marketing Inc.

By SEMA Editors

Bob Chandler

The SEMA Installation & Gala and SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races will take place Friday, July 26, at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California. The Pinewood finals are held during the cocktail reception, shortly before the banquet begins, with 100% of the proceeds going to qualified SEMA Cares charities. This special evening honors the specialty-equipment industry’s pioneers and dedicated volunteers, 2019 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees—Bob Chandler, Bruce Crower and Marla Moore—and the association’s incoming and outgoing Board members.

SEMA members can race either a car or truck in three classes: Build It For Me (BIFM), Stock and Unlimited. Members can either sponsor child-built cars and trucks in the BIFM or Stock class, or they can build and enter their own SEMA-supplied stock car or truck. Stock-class racing usually garners the most entries with a typical speed of 3.2 sec. on a 50-ft. track. For hardcore speed enthusiasts, the Unlimited class has only one rule—that one item from the stock kit be used. Cars in this class run sub-3 sec., and many of the past top builders include some of the most recognized names in the industry.

Bruce Crower

SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races special features include the annual HRIA Builders Challenge and the Council Cup. Watch as some of the biggest names in hot rodding build state-of-the-art custom pinewoods that will be raced and then auctioned off, with all of the proceeds going to SEMA Cares. Council members are invited to come out and challenge their peers for the opportunity to win the coveted Council Cup. The more cars or trucks fielded by each council member, the greater their chances of winning.

Marla Moore

Now in its third year, the Industry Cup Challenge features five divisions where sponsoring companies race child-built pinewood cars. Each division crowns a winning company, which then goes on to represent that division in an all-out industry race to No. 1. The industry challengers each have a limited number of entrants in the following divisions: warehouse distributors, manufacturers, media groups, rep agencies and service providers. The champion can display the trophy for a year with its company name engraved among the winners. It must then be returned, in a Stanley Cup-style tradition, as it will be up for grabs again at the next Pinewood Drag Races, where the company will have a chance to defend its title. The donation cost is $1,000 per sponsoring company. The standard pinewood build rules apply to all competing vehicles. Vehicles are randomly assigned and the race is officiated by SEMA Cares volunteers.

Proceeds from the races will benefit SEMA Cares charities, including Austin Hatcher Foundation, Childhelp and Victory Junction. Childhelp assists abused and neglected children by providing counseling and programs in a safe and secure living environment. Victory Junction provides a camp experience for children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses who otherwise would not be able to go. The Austin Hatcher Foundation’s mission is to erase the effects of pediatric cancer and optimize each child’s quality of life through essential specialized intervention beginning at the time of diagnosis and continuing throughout survivorship.

Sponsoring a SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races car or truck is easy and rewarding. Help a child in need today!

Register now for the Installation & Gala.

By SEMA Editors

Bob Chandler

The SEMA Installation & Gala and SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races will take place Friday, July 26, at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, California. The Pinewood finals are held during the cocktail reception, shortly before the banquet begins, with 100% of the proceeds going to qualified SEMA Cares charities. This special evening honors the specialty-equipment industry’s pioneers and dedicated volunteers, 2019 SEMA Hall of Fame inductees—Bob Chandler, Bruce Crower and Marla Moore—and the association’s incoming and outgoing Board members.

SEMA members can race either a car or truck in three classes: Build It For Me (BIFM), Stock and Unlimited. Members can either sponsor child-built cars and trucks in the BIFM or Stock class, or they can build and enter their own SEMA-supplied stock car or truck. Stock-class racing usually garners the most entries with a typical speed of 3.2 sec. on a 50-ft. track. For hardcore speed enthusiasts, the Unlimited class has only one rule—that one item from the stock kit be used. Cars in this class run sub-3 sec., and many of the past top builders include some of the most recognized names in the industry.

Bruce Crower

SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races special features include the annual HRIA Builders Challenge and the Council Cup. Watch as some of the biggest names in hot rodding build state-of-the-art custom pinewoods that will be raced and then auctioned off, with all of the proceeds going to SEMA Cares. Council members are invited to come out and challenge their peers for the opportunity to win the coveted Council Cup. The more cars or trucks fielded by each council member, the greater their chances of winning.

Marla Moore

Now in its third year, the Industry Cup Challenge features five divisions where sponsoring companies race child-built pinewood cars. Each division crowns a winning company, which then goes on to represent that division in an all-out industry race to No. 1. The industry challengers each have a limited number of entrants in the following divisions: warehouse distributors, manufacturers, media groups, rep agencies and service providers. The champion can display the trophy for a year with its company name engraved among the winners. It must then be returned, in a Stanley Cup-style tradition, as it will be up for grabs again at the next Pinewood Drag Races, where the company will have a chance to defend its title. The donation cost is $1,000 per sponsoring company. The standard pinewood build rules apply to all competing vehicles. Vehicles are randomly assigned and the race is officiated by SEMA Cares volunteers.

Proceeds from the races will benefit SEMA Cares charities, including Austin Hatcher Foundation, Childhelp and Victory Junction. Childhelp assists abused and neglected children by providing counseling and programs in a safe and secure living environment. Victory Junction provides a camp experience for children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses who otherwise would not be able to go. The Austin Hatcher Foundation’s mission is to erase the effects of pediatric cancer and optimize each child’s quality of life through essential specialized intervention beginning at the time of diagnosis and continuing throughout survivorship.

Sponsoring a SEMA Cares Pinewood Drag Races car or truck is easy and rewarding. Help a child in need today!

Register now for the Installation & Gala.