Design Engineer

Panasonic • Bridgeton, MO

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About The Position

The Design Engineer supports the development and release of new and existing refrigerated display case products. Working within the engineering team, the role collaborates with Lead Engineers and cross-functional partners—including Product Management, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Supply Chain—to deliver customer-focused products that meet technical, quality, cost, and schedule requirements. The engineer contributes to conceptual design, design for manufacturing, product testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement, and executes assigned work with minimal direction.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of product design and evaluation experience for refrigerated products.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Competence using 3D solid modeling software.
• Ability to review and interpret CFD and FEA simulation results.
• Ability to explain simulation data to the engineering team and translate results into actionable design improvements.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• SolidEdge experience is preferred.
• Project management experience and general understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on experience preparing CFD or FEA models, including meshing, defining material properties, and applying loads and boundary conditions.
• Ability to validate and extract results from simulation data, create visual plots such as contours and streamlines, and interpret quantitative results to verify design performance.
• Understanding of refrigeration systems, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and structural analysis principles.
• Basic electrical component knowledge.
• Sheet metal design experience.
• PLM system experience, such as Teamcenter or Windchill.
• MRP system experience, such as Oracle, Mapics, or BAAN.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Lead Engineers on conceptual design and development of refrigerated display cases.
• Design for manufacturing across formed sheet metal, fabricated copper tubing, electrical assemblies, welded structural frames, product sub-assemblies, and top-level system assemblies.
• Understand customer needs and follow product development and release processes to meet quality standards and customer schedules.
• Plan and coordinate implementation of product releases within the PLM system.
• Support improvements to product innovation, quality, function, and cost.
• Study new and existing designs to incorporate cost-effective technologies and maintain competitiveness.
• Collaborate with multifunctional, multi-departmental project teams to release quality, cost-effective products on time.
• Troubleshoot products, processes, and tooling hands-on, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure accuracy of engineering information for assigned projects, including PLM attributes, BOM structure, product specifications, test reports, and design review documentation.
• Participate in engineering gate review deliverables, including design reviews, DFMEAs, and DVP&R.
• Support program completion on schedule and within budget while meeting technical and customer requirements.
• Validate new designs through prototype builds and first-article inspections, and help resolve issues identified on the manufacturing floor.
• Maintain current technical competence in relevant mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and computer technologies, and attend training as needed.
• Support development of test plans and configurations, assist with test execution, and analyze and report test results to verify systems and components against requirements and specifications.
• Execute tasks with minimal direction.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans.
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Paid time off, stewardship leave, and parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Employee Assistance Program, virtual health management, chronic condition management, and tobacco cessation programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level