Lead Product Design Engineer, Material Handling

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match

FSA/HSA

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks an experienced Product Development Engineer to lead the design of automated material handling systems. You will mentor teams, manage project milestones, and collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver safe, reliable, scalable solutions.

The role requires a mechanical/industrial engineering background, 6+ years in material handling, and proficiency with SolidWorks and AutoCAD. Travel up to 20% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office Suite

Project

Teams

Job description

Daifuku Intralogistics America Corporation in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks an experienced Product Development Engineer to lead the design of automated material handling systems. You will mentor teams, manage project milestones, and collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to deliver safe, reliable, scalable solutions.

The role requires a mechanical/industrial engineering background, 6+ years in material handling, and proficiency with SolidWorks and AutoCAD. Travel up to 20% is expected.