System Integrator Engineer, NPI

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is a leading home appliance company, in constant pursuit of improving life  the only major U.S.

-based manufacturer of kitchen and laundry appliances, the company is driving meaningful innovation to meet the evolving needs of consumers through its iconic brand portfolio, including Whirlpool, Kitchen Aid, Jenn Air, Maytag, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, and In Sink Erator . In 2024, the company reported approximately $17 billion in annual sales - close to 90% of which were in the Americas - 44,000 employees, and 40 manufacturing and technology research centers.

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Whirlpool is currently seeking qualified candidates for a System Integrator, NPI (Manager, Engineering). This is an onsite role at our St Joseph, MI location.

Seamless integration of final manufactured products from concept from production validation that delivers product leadership through balanced product solutions that delight consumers and satisfy the needs of the business and stakeholders.

In this role you will travel to Marion Factory in Ohio as needed for builds / trials.

• Accountable for system integration of projects in Production Development Projects using the Whirlpool Product Development System
• Accountable for scoping regional projects requests
• Accountable to ensure product development activities are completed on time, meeting cost, quality & performance targets to support the project plans and execution
• Accountable for system level design/cost/quality/time trade-offs and technical decision making for issue resolution within the project/product plan guardrails (target ranges) and PD budget
• Accountable to ensure technical design reviews for projects are completed as per the project plan(s) and according to WPD
  2.0 to provide a technical assessment project readiness, especially as an input to WPD
  2.0 gates and key events
• Accountable to drive full system validation through use of predictive validation methodologies in concept, design and product validation stages
• Accountable to lead convergence of optimal system level interactions and interfaces within the project(s) using systems engineering principles
• Accountable for the engineering budget of project(s) and optimization of PD budget within the guardrails of the platform and the region
• Accountable to provide monthly engineering updates to support for commercial business team (CBT) and regional product development (PD) reviews
• Accountable for driving Product Leadership through the Whirlpool Product Development process, including the following:
• Ensure management and release of EBOMs based on project charter and architecture definition
• Ensure simulation of virtual prototypes and build of physical prototypes per V&V Plan or development phase tradeoff reviews
• Ensure documentation of total expected variation to +/- 3 sigma distribution for each attribute
• Ensure documentation of the revision of parts used in builds using baselines
• Ensure high contributing factors toward each function are designated as a Special Characteristic
• Ensure the measurement and documentation of the special characteristics on physical prototypes
• Ensure closure of dFMEA action plans and updated Occurrence & Detection, based on Concept and Design Validation data and functional performance stacks
• Ensure the project(s) product development is done concurrently with manufacturing to ensure product and process capabilities will deliver flawless launch of final manufactured products

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in Project Engineering or Technical Design

• 5+ years of product development…