Product Design Engineer II or III

Stoughton Trailers, LLC; Stoughton (WI); In loco; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Stoughton Trailers, LLC is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to own product lines and manage options, keeping drawings up-to-date and working with the trailer configurator tool. You will support order releases, define bill of materials, and partner with manufacturing to optimize processes and reduce defects.

The role requires 7+ years in trailer design or related fields, strong FEA/structural analysis skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional projects while mentoring teammates

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• GD&T - Preferred.
• Knowledge of materials science for steel, aluminum, composites.

Mansioni

• Product Line Ownership – Manages product line and options, keeps drawings and attributes up-to-date, works with the trailer configurator tool.
• Order Release Team Support - defines bill of materials to complete customer orders on time.
• Manufacturing Support – supports all production lines, directs prototype builds, improves manufacturing processes.
• Leads project definition, planning, and approval of identified projects considering cost, requirements, and feasibility.
• Serves as project leadership for multiple product development projects and oversees introductions to facility and product line.
• Collects cross-functional voice of customer to establish product specifications and performance requirements.
• Conceptual Design – leads development of functional designs with stakeholder feedback.
• Mentors team members in engineering systems, design, analysis or testing.
• Performs structural analysis using FEA to ensure integrity and regulatory compliance.

Conoscenze

Trailer design experience

Cross-functional leadership

FEA/structural analysis

Multilingual English/Spanish

Communication

Critical thinking

Project planning

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

GD&T - Preferred

Strumenti

SolidWorks

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Project tracking software

Descrizione del lavoro

Locations

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Headquarters
1800 Greenbriar Drive
Stoughton, WI 53589, USA

• Full-Time
• Requisition #: PRODU003627

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Product Line Ownership – Manages product line and options that we offer to customers through sales.Keeps drawings and attributes up-to-date and working with the trailer configurator Ruler quoting tool.Manages ECRs for Product Line and assigned accounts.
• Order Release Team Support - Engineering options and definingbillofmaterials to complete customer orders on time.
• Manufacturing Support –Support all production lines that build the engineers product.Direct or coordinatebuildingof prototype systems or products. Work with Manufacturing and Manufacturing Engineering toestablishor improve manufacturing processes and procedures. Ensure that products are being made to plan andassistin preventing oreliminatingdefects.
• Leads the project definition, planning, and approval ofidentifiedprojectsdemonstratingthe feasibility of designs considering cost, market requirements, time limitations, planning, existing manufacturingprocessesand other technical and economic factors.
• Serve asprojectleadershipfor severalmedium to largeproduct development projects andoverseesmultipleprojects for comprehensive introduction to the facility and product line.
• Collectcross-functionalinternal and external voice ofcustomertoestablishproduct specifications, performance requirements, and datausedtodeterminethe feasibility of proposals.
• Conceptual Design –Lead the development offunctional designs,involving stakeholder feedback from purchasing, sales, manufacturing, and engineering.
• Responsible for leading team members across multiple functions to solve complex problems associated with product design, field failures, validation, and production challenges.
• Demonstrates ability to mentor or train team members in more complex engineering systems or processes related to Design, Analysis, or Testing.
• Analysis –Intermediate toAdvancedcapabilityin structural mechanics.Understand and apply Finite Element Analysis and strength of materials at thecomponentand system level to ensure structural integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Sales/Quote Information – Generate materials list for estimating purposes. Provide technicalinformation tosales andmarketingfortrainingthe sales force.
• Vendor Interaction – Work with vendors to evaluate and select components. Inspectqualityof supplied components for compliance with requirements.
• Contribute to theteameffort to produce a quality product.
• Perform all assigned tasks in a safe, efficient,timely,accurateand highly productive manner according to Company policy.
• Follow Company policies and procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned as required by the Company.

Above is a list of the most important responsibilities and functions, which are essential to the position.Employees must be able to perform these essential functions satisfactorily with or withouta reasonableaccommodation.Accommodationswill be evaluated and provided to eligible employees on acase by casebasis, depending on the employee's medical restrictions, work availability, the nature of the position, the position's essentialfunctionsand other relevant factors.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum ofanBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineeringor equivalent
• Licenses/Certifications:
• GD+T - Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• PreviousTrailer Design, and/orDry VanProduct Designexperience a plus
• 7+ years ofexperiencein a similar fielda plus
• Basic skillsin finite element analysis (FEA)and structural analysis
• Demonstrated ability to Innovate and create.
• High levelof communication – Multilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Proficient inMS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, CAD software(Solidworks), FEA software(Solidworks), project tracking software
• Project planning techniques
• 3 to 5 years’ experience inleadingmedium sizecross functional projects (6 month+ duration)
• Experience designing welded, bolted, riveted, and bonded fabricated assemblies.
• Knowledge of material science for steel, aluminum, composites

Core Competencies:

• Critical Thinking
• Communication

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