Mechanical Engineer

Job Description:
At Pentair, you will work along-side passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our purpose into practice, inspiring people to move, improve and enjoy life's essential resources for happier, healthier lives. From our residential and business water solutions, to our sustainable innovations and applications, our 10,500 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help improve lives and the environment around the world.
As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, a generous 401(k) and ESPP to help you save for retirement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.
We have an opportunity for a Sustaining Mechanical Engineer to join our Apopka, FL team. You will maintain existing designs and evaluate proposed changes to original design intent through our engineering change process.
You will:

• Interact with field sales, tech support, and customers to identify pain points and translate that VOC into engineering design specifications and solutions.
• Identify and execute sustaining engineering opportunities on existing products by improving quality, enhancing features/performance, or reducing cost.
• Lead or assist in projects from concept to release with strong sense of urgency, utilizing company product release and engineering change processes.
• Lead or assist in the responsibilities for all aspects of the design including FEA, CAD, specifications, agency requirements, tolerance analysis, DFMEA/PFMEA, stress and fatigue analysis.
• Create and maintain accurate complete drawing package, costed BOM & product specifications.
• Coordinate the purchase of production or prototype hardware and software for testing.
• Plan, perform and document validation testing for all stages of projects.

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution, Mechanical with some Electrical preferred
• 3+ years' experience as an engineer doing product or process changes or design, preferably in a sustaining role.
• 3+ years' experience using solid modeling CAD design tools (Solidworks preferred)
• Experience in leading engineering-based projects.
• Understanding of sheet metal processes including material properties and part design.
• Familiar with PPAP's, DVP&R's, DFMEA's, PFMEA's and GD&T
• Experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems, BOM structuring, and ECO processes.

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversity and Inclusion:
With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity.
We take ongoing action to improve the diversity of our workforce by:

• Ensuring leadership involvement and ownership
• Attracting and retaining diverse talent at all levels
• Fostering a globally aware, inclusive culture
• Ensuring our practices are fair and non-discriminatory