Senior Mechanical Engineer

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for providing engineering input to product development projects including interfacing with the cross functional team consisting of engineering, operations (industrial engineering, production, and material procurement), sourcing, quality, service, and marketing.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline; - 5+ years of relevant work experience;

Preferred Qualifications:

- Large industrial engine knowledge and experience

- Power generation experience

- Experience integrating subsystems into a cohesive and complete final product

- Ability to perform detail oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects;

- Experience in new product design and development;

- Ability to translate requirements into analysis inputs (FEA, CFD, etc.) and utilize outputs to improve product

- Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills;

- Ability to translate technical information to all audiences;

- Strong verbal communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders

- Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes;

- Technical Skills to include 3D modeling (Creo/ProE);

- Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.

- Ability to troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis (Fishbone, A3, 5 Why)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.

- Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of moderately complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.

- Designs, develops, executes and evaluates product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of moderately complex products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.

- Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize moderately complex designs for manufacturability.

- Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.

- Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)

- Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers.

- Travel to other Generac facilities as necessary.

- Other duties as assigned.

Level of Independence:

- Works independently;

- Receives minimal technical guidance;

- Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services;

- Strong conceptualization, visualization, and creativity;

- Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical problem solving;

- Solves complex problems;

- Takes a new perspective using existing solutions;

- Strong decision-making skills;

- Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience;

- Has participated in cross-functional project teams and leads some aspects of the project;

- ffer recommendations and implement solutions;

- Take ownership of designs;

Physical Demands

: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

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