Project Engineer - 1050158

Project Engineer

What Will You Do?

The Project Engineer will lead and work collaboratively from ourNorth Prairie, WIfacility with fellow team members to execute project deliverables for all product life-cycle requirements. This position encompasses mechanical design primarily for sheet metal and plastics processes, incorporates electrical and commercial refrigeration components integrated into assembly, part, and ERP documents, and has frequent collaborating opportunities with teams in Process Design, Sourcing, Product Marketing, and Production. The following are the essential duties and responsibilities you can expect to do:

• Lead/define product development systems and elements to influence marketing specifications, commercialize designs based on those specifications, and match process to ROI/volume constraints:
• Design, layout, evaluation, and documentation of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems utilizing 3D CAD and other digital analysis tools
• Work collaboratively with fellow team members to carry out small to medium projects (1wk to 1yr duration), on time, and within budget
• Work with R&D Laboratory for proper design validation and reliability testing
• Work with vendors/sourcing to select and implement appropriate manufacturing processes to ensure cost-effective, robust products that meet the product requirements
• Understand and institutionalize the critical interactions and design characteristics which ensure robust system performance
• Manage/execute to multiple simultaneous projects and priorities
• Provide/lead technical guidance and direction to CR/CO team/process
• Create/manage multiple component items and product structures in Zero Zones manufacturing systems (PDM, IFS)
• Lead/mentor project team members by communicating design goals through project planning and timely update meetings along with institutionalizing information in project planning and/or engineering guidelines

What Are We Looking For?

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required of you in this position:

• BSME, BSMET, or equivalent in mechanical engineering and engineering technology
• 5+ years design experience in mechanical design, systems and products integrating sheet metal, net-shape, and COTS components
• Demonstrated experiential successes with engineering projects, patents, and other professional achievements and recognition

You also have some technical requirements in this position:

• Sheet metal, weldment, plastic extrusions, molded plastic, and cast metal parts
• Material finishes including stainless, paint, powder coating, and anodizing
• Electromechanical assemblies, electrical packaging, and wire harnesses
• 3D Cad modeling in SolidWorks or equivalent
• Design for Manufacturability
• Tolerance Stack-ups
• Statics and Dynamics
• Thermodynamics and heat transfer
• Strengths of materials preferably including FEA