Senior Associate Engineer — Electric Power

* Utilize 3D modeling software to develop top-down system and component designs, ensuring system interactions are controlled and manufacturable
* Review and interpret customer, dealer, and business requirements; translate them into functional and detailed engineering designs
* Support product design and development activities across the full lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through validation and production release
* Select materials and components to meet system performance, cost, and manufacturing requirements
* Organize and support the design, build, testing, and analysis of prototypes
* Prepare and maintain engineering documentation, including functional requirements, design details, and technical reports
* Collaborate with manufacturing teams to ensure design acceptance, manufacturing readiness, and buildability
* Identify, analyze, and resolve design and manufacturing issues using root cause analysis
* Collaborate with suppliers to support component and system design execution and issue resolution
* Participate in design reviews and support DFMEAs for system and component validation (leading DFMEAs preferred but not required)
* Support proposal development, cost estimates, and technical inputs as needed
* Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, including adoption of new tools, technologies, and engineering processes
* Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, purchasing, manufacturing, sales, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet customer and dealer needs
* Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by leadership
- ** Analytical Thinking:
** Working knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.  
* Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.  
* Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.  
* Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.  
* Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.  
* Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

- ** Effective Communications:
** Working knowledge and understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.  
* Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.  
* Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.  
* Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.  
* Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.  
* Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

- ** Design for Manufacturability (DFM):
** Working knowledge of design for manufacturability guidelines, methodologies, and use cases; ability to use this knowledge to optimize product designs and manufacturing operations.  
* Analyzes the implementation challenges of DFM methodologies and shares them with their supervisors.  
* Documents each stage of the design process for audit and review purposes.  
* Follows standard guidelines and best practices while carrying out DFM procedures.  
* Implements DFM methodologies to standardize product designs, simplify operations, and reduce costs for certain types of manufacturing processes.  
* Utilizes basic DFM tools and technologies to implement DFM methodologies.

- ** Engineering - MFG:
** Working knowledge of processes, techniques and methods of engineering in a manufacturing environment; ability to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems and processes that safely realize a desired objective or invention.  
* Assists in problem resolution, drafting and writing specifications for engineering practices.  
* Works with basic, routine components of the engineering discipline in manufacturing.  
* Performs basic installation, maintenance and repairs for a specific engineering function.  
* Follows relevant standards, policies and practices in engineering operations.  
* Reports unusual engineering issues and considerations regarding manufacturing operations to senior staff.

- ** Product Testing:
** Working knowledge of product testing approaches, techniques and tools; ability to design, plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure product quality at all stages of manufacturing.  
* Documents test process and results; prepares and analyzes defect-tracking reports.  
* Summarizes features of a specific product-testing process and associated procedures.  
* Tests components for compliance with functional requirements and established conventions.  
* Discusses and compares usability, safety and integration testing.  
* Develops product-testing procedures; participates…