The
Engineer IV – Staff Mechanical Engineer
is responsible for providing engineering input to the product development projects assigned to him/her 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;
- 7+ years of relevant work experience;
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in systems engineering and new product design and development.
- Able to solve complex engineering problems utilizing 8D methodology.
- Strong technical skills to include 3D modeling in Creo.
- Experience in volume manufacturing of outdoor power equipment or other machinery related industries
- Experience with machine design, fabricated components, weldments, stampings, machining, belt systems
- Advanced knowledge of GD&T and assembly tolerance analysis
- Advance knowledge of Design for Assembly and Design for Cost
- Design experience with a variety of materials (ie plastics, steel, aluminum) and basic knowledge of material specs and use.
- Ability to conduct basic analysis using DFMEA, FEA, & hand calculations
- Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes.
- Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects of increasing complexity
- Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.
- Ability to translate technical information to all audiences.
- Strong written communication and presentation skills.
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 increasingly 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 fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of increasingly 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 increasingly 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in South Burlington, VT is
$108,000 - $120,000. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits. ”
full time
$108,000-$120,000Jefferson, WI9 days ago
