Sr Design Engineer - Advanced Engineering in Brookfield, Wisconsin

The Senior Engineer's primary role uses engineering expertise to identify and validate new technology and designs to be integrated into future new products

Duties and Responsibilities

• Help identify and develop new technologies and products in personal protective equipment (PPE) applications for various categories like head protection, hearing protection, respiratory protection, eye protection.
• Perform a wide variety of calculations and help with software aided analysis in the following areas: structural analysis, FEA, CFD etc.
• Review intellectual property and technical publications to identify areas of interest
• Manage external relationships with University research teams, start-up companies, professional societies & associations and external testing experts
• Work with other Engineers and cross functional team members to help transition technologies to New Product Development (NPD) teams.
• As part of project team, contribute in development of reliability/quality tools such as critical to quality matrix (QFD), process control plans, and work instruction etc.
• Help design new experiments and test systems.
• Help evaluate initial feasibility as well as manufacturability of new designs.
• Identify potential execution issues and provide recommendations to mitigate risk
• Interacts with manufacturing plants and outside suppliers to achieve project goals

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Master's Preferred)
• 6+ years of experience in Personal Protective Equipment preferred
• Proficient in 3D CAD -- ProE, Solidworks, NX, or similar as well as FEA
• Good understanding of commonly used manufacturing and tooling processes and how to effectively design parts for them
• Strong mechanical aptitude based on experience including a broad knowledge of mechanisms, engineering materials, mechanical properties, and manufacturing processes
• Working knowledge of mechanical quality and reliability concepts, supplier management, and manufacturing operations
• Ability to travel up to 10-20% (travel includes Domestic and International)