Mechanical Engineer II

Generac•Sussex, WI

10d

About The Position

The Engineer II for Large Industrial Generators is responsible for providing engineering solutions 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.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline
3+ years of relevant work experience
Experience with 3D modeling such as Creo or SolidWorks
Ability to perform detail oriented work with a high degree of accuracy
Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills
Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
Able to solve moderate to complex engineering problems
Good decision-making skills
Technical Skills to include 3D modeling (ProE or SolidWorks)
MS Excel, MS Word

Nice To Haves

Design experience with a variety of materials (plastics, alumni castings, sheet metal, etc.) and basic knowledge of material specs and use
Experience in new product design and development
Experience conducting analysis using FEA, CFD, etc.
Experience with SAP or equivalent ERP

Responsibilities

Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
Provide new product development in the Industrial, Commercial, Residential and/or Retail generator or Power Tools product area including; Creating and maintaining CAD models, drawings, and BOMs, Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs), Interfacing with internal company personnel, Provide technical support for assigned projects.
Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates moderately 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 standard 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 more 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).
Develops less experienced engineers.
Act as SAP Super User within functional area as assigned.
Other duties as assigned.