Primary Responsibilities:
- The Senior Engineer is a Departmental leader, providing Subject Matter technical leadership.
- Lead and support cross functional design teams in a collaborative environment to develop and launch new products.
- Lead design teams in building relationships with business partners internal to to communicate with all levels of the business, utilizing best practices and appropriate key performance indicators (KPI)
- Understand the requirements of customers, product management, regulatory, codes, standards, manufacturing, and quality.
- Lead and support the review and definition of marketing requirement documents.
- Create/author project technical specifications and charter documents.
- Develop designs that meet project marketing requirements, technical specifications, and charter documents.
- Manage the planning, design, prototype procurement, testing, and documentation, iterating as required, through the Mueller phase gate system to develop new products.
- Lead and contribute to project-level design failure mode and effect analysis (DFMEA) sessions with cross functional teams.
- Lead the cross-functional design team in production of high quality design documentation, in the form of test reports, drawings, and various analyses.
- Lead the investigation and resolution of design performance or characteristics deviations via root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify and implement effective corrective actions.
Required Skills:
- Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills
- Excellent design, technical and analytical skills
Required Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 10+ yrs of experience
- 10+ years of experience in Mechanical design using CREO or Solidworks or equivalent CAD software
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Proficient knowledge of plastic resins, injection molding, and tooling processes.
- Proficient in designing electronic enclosures and seals.
- Working knowledge of testing methodologies, testing processes.
- GD&T knowledge
- Mechanical FEA and/or CFD experience
Preferred:
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt
- PMP certification
- FE/EIT or PE
- Master Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- Potting, conformal coating, and adhesive knowledge
- Electromechanical, DAQ, Strain Gauge, and PLC programming experience
- 3D printing and other rapid prototyping processes
- Kanban, 8D, Fishbone, or 5 Why problem solving methodologies
- Knowledge of drop, impact, compression, pressure, salt fog, chemical bath exposure, environmental, and helium leak product testing
- Knowledge of iron casting, machining, rubber, and painting processes
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other category protected by law.
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