Senior Safety Engineers – Tool Engineering

Milwaukee ToolBrookfield, WI
Onsite

About The Position

Milwaukee Tool is seeking a Senior Safety Engineer to join their Tool Engineering team. This role involves defining safety requirements, contributing to new product development and qualification, and leading hazard analysis reviews. The Senior Safety Engineer will advise various teams on safety requirements, tests, and design constraints to minimize risks. They will also set direction for safety activities based on industry standards and regulations, lead Product Safety Team efforts for specific product categories, and mentor new safety engineers. The position may involve managing project team members and reviewing embedded system designs, product designs, test results, and technical communications.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, related engineering field, or the foreign degree equivalent and 2 years of relevant experience as a Safety Engineer, or alternate related acceptable occupation; OR Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, related engineering field, or the foreign degree equivalent and 5 years of relevant experience as a Safety Engineer, or alternate related acceptable occupation.
  • Handling product safety activities, regulatory listings design of Hydraulic (Crimping & Cutting) Power Tools & Accessories, Plumbing & Electrical related power tools or consumer products.
  • Risk-Based Hazard Analysis.
  • Performing and reviewing failure mode and effects analysis.
  • Fault Tree Analysis.
  • Thermodynamic Analysis.
  • EC/UL 62841 (Power Tools), UL 1976 (Crimp Tools for Use with Connecting Devices) and UL 486A-486B (Wire Connectors) Standards.
  • Electrical Circuit Analysis.
  • Statistical Analysis and Probability Modeling, including Monte Carlo Analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Define safety requirements as a member of a cross-functional design team.
  • Contribute to the development and qualification of new products.
  • Lead Hazard Analysis Reviews with cross-functional engineering teams to perform risk assessments of concepts, designs, and products.
  • Advise Project Leaders, Product Managers, Design Engineers, and Reliability Engineers regarding safety requirements including tests and design constraints to minimize risk of injury and property damage.
  • Effectively communicate and motivate up, down, and across the organization to a diverse range of technical and non-technical team members.
  • Set direction for safety activities on assigned categories based on industry safety standards, product rules, and product regulations.
  • Lead Product Safety Team efforts for Hydraulic (Crimping & Cutting) and other Plumbing and Electrical product development.
  • Assess organizational capacity to support current and future projects in this category.
  • Mentor and onboard new safety engineers.
  • May manage project team members.
  • Review embedded system designs.
  • Conduct product design and construction reviews.
  • Review test results and determine acceptability.
  • Review operator's manuals, on-product markings, and other technical communications.
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