Senior Product Design Engineer

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Product Design Engineer Senior designs new products and/or develops product improvements based on functional specifications provided by Product Management by applying engineering principles and Finite Element Analysis.

The Product Design Engineer Senior must be able to do machine design analysis for force, stress, and deflection of product components and understand the design of machine components such as rolling element bearings, bushings, cams, helical worm gear drives, and bolted joints/connections.

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited college or university. Professional Engineer license preferred.

Minimum of 7 years of related work experience.

• Proficient in Solid Works 3-D design software or equivalent and experience performing Finite Element Analysis
• Knowledgeable in Product Development, able to design optimized components and systems based on specifications and customer requirements
• Able to develop and execute complex project plans, ensuring that various stages of product development are completed on time by leading cross functional teams
• Excellent communicator with an interest in working across organizational lines, able to direct the work of others
• Demonstrated design experience in relevant manufacturing processes such as sand casting, investment casting, die casting, injection molding, machining, and metal forming

• Work with cross functional teams to develop new products and conduct design reviews
• Product engineering activities: troubleshooting performance issues, root cause analysis, and product design enhancements
• Project planning and implementation using MS Project or similar tools
• Use Solid Works 3-D software to build solid models and create cross-sectional layouts. Able to perform tolerance stack-up analysis, and apply GD&T
• Develop product test plans, identify instrumentation and measurements required, and perform testing to validate new product designs
• Must understand fundamental manufacturing processes for wrought and cast, gray and ductile iron, steel, stainless steel, bronze, aluminum, and plastics
• Assure integrity of issued drawings, Bills of Material, and applicable engineering specifications such as ASTM, ANSI B31.1, API-675, and ANSI/HI 6.6