SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER
About The Position
Kress Corporation is seeking a full-time Senior Design Engineer to develop specialized industrial equipment for the steel, construction, and mining industries. The role focuses primarily on general mechanical engineering and design, completing moderately complex design projects to meet customer and engineering orders. The engineer develops new products and expands existing product lines, selecting and sizing components and preparing assembly and sub-assembly layouts. The position collaborates with project engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, product support, marketing, and customers, and may require some travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Five years of prior experience in construction, mining, or off-highway equipment.
- Proficiency in reading schematics.
- Strong attention to detail and a meticulous approach to quality control and technical documentation.
- Intermediate understanding of UG NX and SolidEdge computer-aided design.
- Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Office.
- Intermediate understanding of Infor XA.
- Familiarity with heavy equipment systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot heavy equipment systems.
Nice To Haves
- Modeling experience with SolidEdge, Creo, Pro-E, or UG NX.
Responsibilities
- Complete engineering projects as assigned.
- Develop new products or expand the current product line, and prepare technical objectives and specifications.
- Review instructions from the Project Engineering Manager and conduct design and development studies to determine an appropriate design approach.
- Participate in the selection of system components and calculate system component requirements.
- Prepare layouts and details for system assemblies and sub-assemblies.
- Participate in design reviews, initiate reviews, and make necessary design changes.
- Keep management informed of project progress and problems encountered.
- Maintain adequate, permanent project records, including evaluations and other project documents.
- Coordinate with Purchasing regarding component needs, specifications, quality, cost, and availability.
- Manage design costs and manufacturability.
- Provide timely, accurate engineering information to other business units.
- Provide input for updates to department standards and procedures.
- Use existing designs, reference materials, or standards to develop designs.
- Complete confirming calculations to size components for fit and function.
- Revise prior designs to align with new guidelines and standards.
- Work with Manufacturing to resolve difficulties encountered during builds and participate in troubleshooting hydraulic system issues.
- Provide engineering assistance to the Product Support & Marketing Department and customers as needed.
- Travel as required.
Benefits
- Group health insurance, including prescriptions.
- Dental insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short-term disability.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid vacation.
- Paid holidays.
- Medical, dental, and prescription coverage at no premium.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
