Senior Staff Engineer

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There are over 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before!

Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer, including disabled & veterans.

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Location:

United States (US)- North Dakota
- Fargo
Function:
Product Engineering (CA)

Title:

Senior Staff Engineer-125480
Onsite/Remote:

Onsite Position

As a Senior Staff Engineer for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group located in Fargo, ND or Cary, NC, Moline, IL, Des Moines, IA, Waterloo, IA, you will:

• Lead electric machine mechanical and electro-mechanical architecture, system interfaces, design practices, reviews, analysis, verification, and resolution of critical product issues.
• Provide technical expertise in thermal management, castings, fasteners, cooling, sealing, GD&T, tolerance stack-up, FEA, power electronics packaging, and system integration. Guide cross-functional design decisions for robust, manufacturable, and serviceable solutions.
• Define and maintain the eMachine technology roadmap and development funnel. Evaluate motor architectures, magnetic and insulation materials, winding technologies, cooling concepts, analytical tools, and emerging manufacturing methods; translate promising technologies into prioritized investigations and development plans.
• Lead design-for-manufacturing, industrialization, production-readiness, process-capability, and special-process quality activities for internal and supplier operations. Connect product design decisions with manufacturing capability, quality, cost, durability, and service performance, and guide resolution of production and warranty issues.
• Establish technical expectations and guide strategic suppliers through capability assessments, requirements alignment, design and manufacturing reviews, joint development, production readiness, performance recovery, and root-cause resolution. Provide technical input to supplier selection and long-term supplier development.
• Provide technical leadership for sourcing strategy, make-versus-buy evaluations, supply-risk mitigation, alternate-source development, and business cases for critical eMachine design and manufacturing capabilities. Identify where Deere requires internal expertise, tools, processes, or manufacturing capability to protect product delivery and long-term competitiveness.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders; establish reusable requirements, design practices, analysis methods, verification approaches, and lessons learned; and strengthen cross-functional capability across engineering, manufacturing, quality, PV&V, supply management, and service.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

• 10 or more years of experience developing and supporting complex electric machine, electro-mechanical, propulsion, drivetrain, or rotating-equipment products across design, development, manufacturing, validation, production, or field support.
• 10 or more years of experience applying structured product-development processes to move complex electro-mechanical products from concept and requirements through design, verification, industrialization, launch, and production support.
• Knowledge of electric machine and mechanical systems design, including thermal management, cooling, sealing, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA, power electronics packaging, manufacturing, and system integration.
• Experience establishing product requirements and applying design reviews, DFMEA, multiphysics analysis, root-cause analysis, technical risk assessment, and design-for-manufacturability methods to complex electro-mechanical products.
• Ability to balance performance, durability, cost, quality, manufacturing, and supplier considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams, resolve competing technical priorities, and communicate complex decisions, risks, and trade-offs to engineering and business leaders.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to support suppliers,…