Mechancial Engineer III (Senior)

Generac • Sussex, WI

19d

About The Position

The Mechanical Engineer III – Senior Engineer 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. We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most. For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future. Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Ability to perform detail oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects
• Basic knowledge of material specs and use
• Ability to conduct analysis using FEA, CFD, etc.
• Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills
• Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
• Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes
• Technical Skills to include 3D modeling (ProE or SolidWorks)
• MS Excel, MS Word
• Experience with machine design
• Strong conceptualization, visualization, and creativity
• Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical problem solving
• Developing business acumen
• Solves complex problems
• Takes a new perspective using existing solutions
• Strong decision-making skills
• Has participated in cross-functional project teams and leads some aspects of the project
• Ensures success cross-functionally
• Offer recommendations and implement solutions
• Take ownership of designs
• Thorough understanding of the Engineering financial impact and a basic understanding of the needs and impact of other functions on the business.

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating and releasing engineering Change Notices (CNs) to release parts and bills of material.
• Experience with Windchill or equivalent PLM
• Design experience with a variety of materials (ie plastics, aluminum castings, sheet metal)
• Experience in new product design and development
• Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.
• Design experience with weather protective and/or sound attenuated enclosures, or machine packaging including; airflow, heat mitigation, sound attenuation, and water ingress.
• Experience working in a Matrix organization.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience

Responsibilities

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
• Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of 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 moderately 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 moderately 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.
• Travel to other Generac facilities as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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