ILUS - Sr. Product Development Engineer

Daifuku-Intralogistics-America; Eastmont (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match

FSA/HSA

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Daifuku Intralogistics America seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead development of new product designs for automated material handling systems in Michigan. You will supervise design teams, ensure manufacturability, reliability, and safety, and collaborate with manufacturing, quality and suppliers on complex projects.

Requires a Bachelor's in engineering, at least six years in material handling, and experience with conveyor or automation equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• Minimum 6 years of material handling experience.
• Experience designing conveyor, sortation or automation equipment.
• Experience designing parts for volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Creates product designs manufacturable, scalable, and desirable to customers.
• Leads work teams and mentors less senior members.
• Ensures designs are safe, reliable and maintainable.
• Uses modeling and simulation to validate designs and meet standards.
• Collaborates with design, manufacturing, quality, purchasing and vendors.
• Performs on-site testing and verification; travels up to 20%.

Skills

MS Office Suite

Team leadership

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

About UsDaifuku Intralogistics America Corporation is a leading provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs a full spectrum of intralogistics solutions to meet client needs. These include leading-edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice- and light-directed order fulfillment equipment, a suite of warehouse controls & execution software, robotics, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), mezzanines, and structures, all backed by critical round-the-clock service and support.If you want to join a team of industry leading experts who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Job Summary

Leads development of new product designs for automated material handling systems. Works on medium and large projects. Leads work teams, oversees the work of others, and mentors less senior team members.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Creates product designs that are manufacturable, scalable, consistent, competive, and desireable to Wynright's customers
• Performs diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making
• Ensures that new products are safe, reliable and easy to maintain
• Follows engineering standards and uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
• Partners with the design team, internal customers, manufacturing, quality control, purchasing, and outside vendors to develop new solutions
• Maintains a progress schedule that meets project milestones
• Performs on-site testing and verification
• Travels up to 20%
• Conceives, develops, engineers, prototypes, tests, and revises products designs
• Analyzes data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
• Developes and executes test plans for concepts and prototypes
• Selects appropriate and cost-effective purchased parts
• Performs engineering calculations to ensure robust designs, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
• Works with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve development and design issues
• Participates in new product scope specification
• Reviews product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements and specifications
• Leads work teams, oversees the work of other team members, and mentors less-senior team members

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 6 years of Material Handling-related experience
• Experience designing conveyor, sortation, or automation equipment is required
• Experience designing parts or equipment for volume manufacturing is required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements

• Experienced with SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD and 2D AutoCAD
• Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Teams, etc.

Benefit Information

• Many great benefits to include Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match/Pet Insurance
• FSA/HSA
• Employee Assistance Program

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