Mechanical Engineer; Product Development

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Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer to join the Pass & Seymour Team in Syracuse, NY. Join Legrand/Pass & Seymour as a Product Engineer II – Mechanical Design, where you’ll play a key role in designing, developing, and improving innovative electro-mechanical products that power everyday life. You’ll work hands-on with cross-functional teams—from marketing to electrical engineering to advanced manufacturing—to transform ideas into high-volume, high-quality products.

This role offers the opportunity to grow your technical expertise, contribute to intellectual property, and make a direct impact on product innovation and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Development:
  Generate sketches, CAD models, assemblies, and drawings using 3D CAD software, Solid Works preferred.
• Build and evaluate prototypes to refine concepts through testing, analysis, and validation.
• Apply FEA and engineering calculations to ensure robust, cost-effective designs.
• Integrate printed circuit boards and electrical components into mechanical assemblies.

• Collaboration & Innovation:
  Partner with Product Line Managers to align specifications with customer needs and industry standards, and market trends.
• Work with Manufacturing, Tooling, and Advanced Engineering teams to optimize designs for manufacturability.
• Collaborate with patent attorneys to safeguard intellectual property and avoid infringement.
• Engage with suppliers, vendors, and customers to resolve technical issues and strengthen product reliability.

• Documentation & Compliance:
  Create and maintain engineering drawings, BOMs, ECNs, and quality specifications.
• Ensure designs meet UL requirements, ISO
  14001, and Eco Design Principles.
• Support circular economy initiatives and sustainability-focused product development.
• Ensure compliance with ISO
  9001 quality management standards.

Project Leadership & Support

• Manage projects from concept through production, driving timely completion across departments.
• Serve as an on-site technical representative to resolve product performance issues and complaints.
• Lead technical discussions, project meetings, and lab test setups.

Required Skills

Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) minimum

Experience: 2+ years of relevant experience preferred (equivalent experience considered)

• Strong product design background in electro-mechanical assemblies, injection molding, and progressive die stamped components.
• Proficiency in Solid Works and CAD/Engineering document management tools (e.g., EPDM).
• Familiarity with FEA tools and ability to perform engineering calculations.
• Experience in designing for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong communication skills capable of translating technical concepts across functions and levels.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Knowledge of IoT product development is a plus.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Delivering CAD models, drawings, and prototypes that meet cost, quality, and timeline goals.
• Driving sustainability by incorporating eco-design and circular economy principles.
• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve assembly efficiency and product reliability.
• Serving as a go-to problem solver for technical challenges and product complaints.
• Supporting new product introductions as a trusted engineering resource.

At Legrand/Pass & Seymour, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work on innovative products that blend mechanical, electrical, and IoT design.
• Protect and shape the future of our product portfolio through intellectual property development.
• Be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team where creativity and engineering excellence drive impact.
• Contribute to our vision of building a sustainable, circular economy through smarter design.

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable.

Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR).

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