Engineer III, Mechanical

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.; Towson (MD); On-site; USD 72,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Tool discounts

Job summary

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. in Towson, MD seeks a Senior Engineer to join the Global Tools & Storage team. You will lead design, prototyping, testing and data analysis for DEWALT cordless power tools, collaborating with product marketing, reliability, and manufacturing teams.

You will own design reviews, stack-ups, and root-cause investigations, driving quality improvements and on-time delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3–5 years of experience.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with DOE and statistics for decision making.
• Proficient using CAD tools and data collection.

Responsibilities

• Carry out design process meeting quality, performance, schedule, and cost goals.
• Hands-on concept development, prototyping, testing, data collection, specs.
• Perform advanced stack-ups and system analysis for lifecycle integrity.
• Investigate design issues and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into specs and tests.
• Review designs with suppliers and stakeholders; drive design reviews.
• Work in a core team of 3-4 engineers to develop a product end-to-end.
• Support prototypes and engineering builds for production.
• Apply Lean Six-Sigma to maintain and improve quality.
• Ensure engineering requirements deliver guaranteed tough products.

Skills

Problem solving

DOE

Statistical methods

Lean thinking

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CATIA

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

FEA

2D/3D CAD

Job description

Senior Engineer, DEWALT Cordless Power Tools

Towson, MD

Come Build The World With Us

This is the career you’ve been waiting for your whole life. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black & Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We design and develop the tools that are used to change the world every day here in our engineering headquarters in Towson, Maryland. Our design teams are involved with every step of the process bringing these world class products to life. From conducting end user research to identify new needs, to designing and prototyping tools to ensure we meet our customers high expectations, to creating robust tests to guarantee the tools we make stand up to the toughest environments, our engineers own every aspect of the process along the way.

The Job

As a Senior Engineer, you’ll be part of our Global Tools & Storage team located in Towson, MD. Specifically, you’ll:

• Successfully carry out the design process to achieve all quality, performance, schedule and cost objectives in a cross-functional environment.
• Perform hands‑on concept development, prototyping, product testing, data collection and definition of product specifications.
• Independently carry out advanced stack-ups and system analysis to ensure product assembly and functionality remain consistent throughout its lifetime.
• Investigate design issues & test failures, and effectively identify, recommend and implement corrective actions to components.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Product Marketing, Reliability, Field Research) to identify and clearly define customer requirements, and translate those requirements into appropriate product specifications and develop test systems to ensure we meet or exceed customer expectations
• Meet with suppliers, project stakeholders to review designs and alter as needed. Drive the design review
• Work in a core team of 3-4 engineers/designers to develop a product from start to finish
• Support prototype and engineering builds for engineering and manufacturing teams and initial production lots to ensure that the products are assembled and tested in the correct way to ensure long term product quality
• Implements design and process controls, conducts root‑cause analysis, and apply statistical and Lean Six‑Sigma techniques to maintain and improve product quality as problems arise thru the product development cycle
• Support the Engineering process for all engineering requirements to deliver a product that meets our history of guaranteed tough products

The Person

You’re a strong problem solver who loves digging into the details to fully understand what is going on. You have fixed a lot of problems, so you know how sort out what is meaningful and what is not to be as efficient as possible. You have run DOE’s and done the statistics to make well informed decisions. You like getting your hands dirty and want to be the one disassembling a problem to find out what is broken and how to fix it. You’re agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure we deliver top‑notch customer experiences, always. You want to work on a project where you can see the fruits of your labor come to life and enjoy getting to see the finished product on the shelves of major retailers around the globe. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 3 to 5 years of experience.
• Computer literate; MS Word, Power Point, Excel, FEA, 2D/3D CAD (CATIA experience a plus)
• Demonstrated ability to dissect a problem to find the root cause, design a solution and create a test method to prove out the issue really is fixed
• Enjoys getting your hands dirty and being involved in building, testing and du‑bugging tools throughout the development cycle
• Experience with product development: Design, DFM, root cause analysis, test instrumentation and data acquisition and analysis
• Quality - use of statistical tools, process capability, DOE’s, stack-ups
• Coordination of internal and external resources
• Accountable for managing the design process and owning the results
• Enjoy Full/fast‑paced design cycles that average 2 years and a dynamic work environment
• Possible international travel to visit manufacturing locations

The Details

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401k, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

And More!

• Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths. We need all kinds of people, so whether you want to become a technical expert, or grow your skills in multiple disciplines, you have come to the right spot.
• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state‑of‑the‑art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities). We also focus on having technical experts in each area that are there to guide you along the way so you are never alone.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
• Purpose‑Driven Company: You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.
• Hands on environment: We love tools and using them! We have prototyping, use & handling, testing, inspection and metallurgy labs all right here in Towson.
• A company with History. We have been designing tools for long time which means we have a lot of expertise here, but that doesn’t mean we are afraid to try new things. We have a long list of World’s firsts to our credit and we need you to keep that going!

Stanley Black & Decker is one of the world's largest, fastest growing and most dynamic companies. SBD, a Fortune 200 company is a world‑leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems, with unique growth platforms and a track record of sustained profitable growth.

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

The Salary range for this position is $72,000.00 - $115,900.00

• This is the lowest to highest annual full‑time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job‑related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
• The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well‑being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech‑driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state‑of‑the‑art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Learning & Development

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state‑of‑the‑art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture

We pride ourselves on an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose‑Driven Company

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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