Senior Engineer, Mechanical, Poultry

JBT Marel•Redmond, WA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

JBT Marel’s DSI brand R&D department designs, develops, and tests industrial food-processing equipment, including waterjet cutters, high-speed blade cutters, and robotic harvesting systems. The Senior Mechanical Engineer develops new equipment and supports existing machinery in a hands-on environment, using CAD, FEA, testing, and field work to improve machine performance and help customers. The role includes developing cutting and product-handling equipment, designing and testing component improvements, integrating components into prototypes, analyzing designs, preparing engineering documentation, and supporting manufacturing and customers. The position reports to the Manager-Engineering Poultry. It is onsite and involves approximately 20% travel.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or equivalent.
At least 5 years of engineering experience focused on design.
Proficiency in CAD; Autodesk Inventor preferred, with SolidWorks, ProE, or similar also acceptable.
Strong organizational, negotiating, planning, and influencing skills, both verbal and written.
Project management experience.
Well-structured and organized problem-solving and root-cause-analysis skills.
Ability to travel as needed.
Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Help develop the next generation of cutting and product-handling equipment.
Design, source, fabricate, and test component-level improvements.
Integrate tested components and subassemblies into prototype machine designs.
Analyze new designs using FEA, Mathcad, and accelerated testing in-house and in the field.
Perform risk analysis.
Complete drawing packages and engineering change notices (ECNs) to integrate new designs into the MRP system.
Support the existing fleet of portioners, harvesting machines, and cutting machines.
Respond to urgent requests from customers, service technicians, and applications engineers.
Refine recommended spare-parts lists and help establish initial inventory levels.
Revise or replace components and subassemblies that need improvement.
Work with manufacturing on ongoing and new builds.
Support prototype builds of subassemblies and full machines, frequently in person.
Support manufacturing engineers and assemblers in person and remotely.
Work with Sourcing, RCI, and QA on pricing, delivery, and quality best practices.
Visit customers and understand their issues.
Troubleshoot challenging and complex machine-performance issues.
Identify potential upgrade kits or component improvements that improve customer satisfaction and generate incremental revenue; design and document kits.