Senior Mechanical Engineer - MARINE

Garmin International, Inc. • Olathe, KS

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About The Position

Garmin is seeking a full-time Senior Mechanical Engineer for its Marine Product team at the U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role provides advanced engineering skills and project planning for mechanical or electromechanical solutions and systems within the marine product line. The engineer develops complex mechanical designs, validates and verifies designs against requirements, evaluates risks and tradeoffs, contributes to product-development plans, explores new technologies, and supports process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to use CAD software to complete complex mechanical designs.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledge of injection molding, die casting, sheet metal stamping, machining, and material requirements, performance, and limitations.

Nice To Haves

• SolidWorks and/or OnShape experience.
• Electronic packaging design experience.
• Passion for boating, fishing, or diving.

Responsibilities

• Complete complex mechanical designs using advanced CAD skills.
• Specify test plans, mock up and test complex mechanical systems, and validate and verify compliance with design requirements.
• Manage basic tradeoffs, determine risk mitigation plans, assess project goal and objective feasibility, and provide technical input to product-development plans and concept documents.
• Drive process vendors to evaluate complex mechanical designs and understand risk.
• Lead explorations of new technologies and estimate tooling, part cost, and design time for moderately complex mechanical designs.
• Apply knowledge of industry and Garmin product qualification tests, including environmental tests.
• Solve difficult problems using sound problem-solving techniques, recommend process improvements, and author new procedures.

Benefits

• Eligible for Garmin's benefit program; details are available through Garmin Benefits.

What This Job Offers

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