Mechanical Engineer I

generac; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Generac seeks a Mechanical Engineer I in Wisconsin to design, validate, and bring new products to market. You will develop CAD models and drawings, maintain BOMs, and work with manufacturing teams to optimize for cost, reliability, and safety.

You will contribute to product development plans, support design inputs, and ensure manufacturability through collaboration with internal and external partners. This entry-level role emphasizes precision, teamwork, and clear technical communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• At least 3 months of relevant working experience.
• Proficient in CAD and able to interpret engineering drawings.
• Familiarity with manufacturability and cost considerations.

Responsibilities

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
• Supports new product development, creates CAD models, drawings, and BOMs.
• Specifies functional requirements and evaluates design cost, reliability, and safety.
• Develops testing and validation plans; reviews material specs and BOMs.
• Collaborates with manufacturing partners to optimize designs for manufacturability.
• Uses CAD/CAE to model new designs and produce detailed drawings.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Technical communication

Problem solving

Reading engineering drawings

Basic engineering knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Creo

SolidWorks

Job description

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.

For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.

Generac Home is hiring a The Mechanical Engineer I.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market
• Provide new product development support in the Industrial, Commercial, Residential and/or Retail Generator or Power Tool product area including; Creating and maintaining CAD models, drawings, and BOMs, Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs). Interfacing with internal company personnel, Provide technical support for assigned products
• Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates standard, less complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety
• Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for standard products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials
• Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize basic designs for manufacturability
• Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings

Minimal Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related Engineering discipline
• At least 3 months of relevant working experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with 3D modeling to include Creo or SolidWorks
• Experience with machine design

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to perform detail oriented work with a high level degree of accuracy
• Ability to translate technical information to all audiences
• Uses basic engineering knowledge to improve products or services
• Able to solve basic engineering problems
• Good decision-making skills
• Proficient oral and written communication

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.