Motors Senior Engineer -St. Joseph Tech Center in Michigan or Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

Whirlpool • Mt Pleasant, WI

17d • Onsite

About The Position

Whirlpool Corporation is seeking a Product Development Senior Engineer for its Motors team. The engineer will lead global Motors deliverables, including development, execution, verification, and validation. The role works with global cross-functional teams across project phases and technologies including structural mechanics, plastics, sheet metal, rubber, and ceramics. The position focuses on developing motors for Whirlpool appliances, particularly Laundry products and powertrain components, and driving new product development, cost, and quality projects. This is an onsite role at the St. Joseph Tech Center in Michigan or Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, with regional or international travel that may average once per quarter.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Aeronautics, or Automobile Engineering.
• At least 5 years of product-development experience.
• Project-management skills, including managing multiple projects in parallel.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Problem-solving approach or OpEx or Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Experience working with motors or rotating mechanical and/or electromechanical components.
• Experience selecting and applying materials for component design.
• Experience facilitating effective communication across teams.
• Experience launching products into the market.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Knowledge of UL.
• Knowledge of APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) or APQP experience.
• Ability to understand and review FEM, FEA, CFD, and CAD simulation reports and incorporate recommendations into designs.
• Proficiency in English, including reading, writing, and speaking.
• Hands-on experience in problem solving.
• Proactivity in project execution.
• Team-oriented approach aligned with One Whirlpool.
• Results-oriented approach aligned with Whirlpool values and leadership model.
• Ability to simplify complex scenarios into simple, reliable solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop motors for Whirlpool appliances, with a focus on Laundry.
• Lead technical development of motors with internal cross-functional stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Define validation plans and assess component-level technical maturity against expectations.
• Drive new product development, cost, and quality projects for the Laundry business, focusing on Laundry powertrain motors and drive-system components.
• Communicate and align large global cross-functional teams, and lead technical reviews with suppliers.
• Resolve complex technical problems using data analysis and an Operational Excellence (OpEx) or Six Sigma approach.
• Make risk-weighted decisions when trade-offs are needed.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously and drive them to implementation using project-management tools and collaborating with design, product approval, manufacturing, assembly, and interface teams.
• Lead concept development, design creation, concept evaluation and selection, verification, validation, and implementation into production.
• Generate consumer-focused innovation concepts to support product development and product technology and performance leadership.
• Fine-tune concepts through hand calculations, fit and function evaluation, material selection, and design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM/DFA); apply Six Sigma or OpEx tools, GD&T, and stack-up analysis, and conduct drawing reviews.
• Drive module-level requirements and functional decomposition, perform FMEA, and work with stakeholders on verification and validation plans.
• Work with product approval teams to create test plans, write lab requests, coordinate laboratory testing, and work with quality teams on PPAP and the release of parts and assemblies in the PLM tool.
• Review simulation reports and incorporate recommendations into designs.
• Communicate with GSS and suppliers about product development and align module and attribute roadmaps and strategy plans to reduce complexity.
• Support roadmap administrative functions, training, team building, new product introduction, and coordination of cost and quality projects.
• Travel regionally and/or internationally, potentially averaging once per quarter.

Benefits

• Generous benefits package.
• Whirlpool employee discount.
• Fitness and educational reimbursement programs.
• Kitchenettes.
• At Saint Joseph/Benton Harbor locations: recently renovated office space, free coffee, biking and walking trails, and access to The Eddy Early Childhood Center, subject to availability and additional costs.
• Always On Flexibility to manage personal, family, and outside-of-work commitments.
• Two weeks of work from anywhere per year, in minimum one-week increments.
• Four weeks of paid sabbatical leave after every five years of service.

What This Job Offers

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