mechanical engineer Oregon, WI
Job description
Responsibilities:
Lead and project manage research and development projects from concept through production for dry vans, reefer trailers, container chassis, grain hoppers, and other platforms.
Identify projects and opportunities that contribute to revenue increase, trailer cost reduction, warranty improvement, safety improvement, or other benefit.
Establish and maintain project benefit and business case for project opportunities.
Establish and document technical requirements for projects.
Develop design proposals, lead prime path selection of proposed solutions, and implementation of selected design proposals.
Identify validation plan, support test development, and ensure completion of required tasks.
Complete analysis including hand calculations and FEA required to validate the design proposals.
Complete risk assessments or FMEA’s to ensure changes are fully validated.
Lead cross functional design reviews.
Establish and manage timelines for multiple projects that are occurring concurrently.
Develop and update engineering standard work processes to aid in future validation and design of critical systems and subsystems.
Skills/Abilities:
Demonstrated ability to manage and implement complex cross functional projects from concept to implementation.
Demonstrated ability to identify and implement innovative solutions to both simple and complex problems.
Intermediate skills in design and development processes, methods, and tools.
Intermediate skills in 3D modeling (Solidworks preferred)
Intermediate skills in project management and cross functional project leadership
Intermediate skills in FEA Analysis – Linear Static Analysis, Modal Analysis, Non-linear Analysis, etc. (Expert skills preferred)
Basic skills in tolerance stackup analysis – Worst Case and Statistical Methods.
Basic skills in PDM systems (preferred).
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $100,000.00 - $115,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Experience level:
- 5 years
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Oregon, WI: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
- FEA: 3 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
