Engineer IV - Staff Engineer - Transfer Switch

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The Staff Engineer-Transfer Switch is responsible for providing engineering input to the product development projects assigned to him/her including interfacing with the cross functional team consisting of engineering, operations (industrial engineering, production, and material procurement), sourcing, quality, service, and marketing.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline
• 7+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects of increasing complexity
• Proven experience in mechanism design - including gear train, over-center toggle, linear actuator, multi-bar linkage, & cam design.
• Design experience with a variety of mechanical & electrical components (compression springs, linear springs, extension springs, solenoids, electric motors) and basic knowledge of how to specify and use
• Design experience with a variety of materials (ie plastics, aluminum castings, sheet metal) and basic knowledge of material specs and use
• Experience in new product design & development
• Experience in manufacturing production support
• Ability to conduct analysis using hand calculations, FEA, CFD, etc
• Active participant in technical communities tied to industry standards or regulations
• Strong written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
• Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes
• Able to solve complex engineering problems with minimal oversight
• Strong technical skills to include 3D modeling (ProE or Solid Works)
• MS Excel, MS Word
• Experience with UL 1008
• Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, validates, and brings new transfer switch products to market.
• Supports transfer switch products from concept through mass production.
• Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of increasingly complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design’s overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.
• Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of increasingly complex products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
• Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize increasingly complex designs for manufacturability.
• Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
• Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs).
• Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Level of Independence:

• Works at a high level of independence with occasional guidance on challenging technical issues
• May act as engineering lead on small cross-functional project teams;
• Requires in-depth knowledge and/or breadth of expertise
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal and external business issues to improve products or services
• Beginning to recommend solutions and best practices
• Strong conceptualization, visualization, and creativity
• Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical problem solving
• Solves complex problems
• Strong decision-making skills
• Ensures success cross-functionally
• Actively coaches colleagues with less experience
• Offer recommendations and implement solutions
• Takes ownership of designs, test plans, & validation plans
• Participates in standards and procedure development
• Leading efforts to improve the financial impact of engineering activities on the…