As a Senior Mechanical Engineer on our product development team, you will assume a key leadership role on the team, providing deep mechanical engineering expertise honed over a career of critical judgement and decision-making. You will develop mechanical designs for new and existing products by applying engineering and fabrication principles to product designs for the consumer market in accordance with business needs and the product road map. You will lead and mentor other engineers in the company and individuals both senior and junior to you and at the same level as you. You exhibit a strong capability to exercise judgement, communication with a wide variety of team members internally to the company and externally, and the ability to both see the future of our product development as well as design for the current state, all with excellence.
Essential Duties
- Develop concepts and ideas for new products or methods to improve existing products.
- Design mechanisms, drive systems, sheet metal, plastic housinvbgs and components in support of new products
- Develop cost estimates based on product concepts or designs
- Use engineering principles to develop the structural design of products by incorporating mechanical and electrical subsystems to meet industrial design, marketing, and customer requirements to meet project schedules.
- Specify materials and components in designs
- Manage multiple design projects at once. Work independently with little or no direction. Keep management informed and apprised of design. Work with other functional groups (marketing, sales, customer service, etc.) within the company to develop and evaluate designs that meet customer needs.
- Present and participate in design reviews and update designs as required.
- Develop schedules for part and product development.
- Proactively identify risks and develop and execute risk reduction measures
- Problem solve- identify root cause, verify the root cause through on/off testing and implement both corrective and preventative actions to resolve problems
- Keep appraised of the customer experience related to company products.
- Work with design and/or manufacturing partners to ensure manufacturability and smooth product ramps leading up to production.
- Perform testing of designs to prove functionality and reliability.
- Generate design specifications and drawings for external design and manufacturing activities.
- Apply statistical methods such as process capability studies and DOE鈥檚 in the development and improvement of products.
- Mentor other engineers through out the design cycle