Senior Mechanical Engineer - Poultry Equipment & Robotics

JBT Marel Corporation; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance (short/long term)

Vision coverage

401(k) matching

Job summary

JBT Marel is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join the R&D department for the DSI brand. The role involves designing cutting and product handling equipment, performing CAD modeling, FEA analysis, creating fabrication drawings, and troubleshooting field problems.

You will travel ~20% of the time, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support customers with complex machine performance issues, with opportunities to develop upgrade kits and incremental revenue.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Proficiency in CAD; Autodesk Inventor preferred, but SolidWorks, ProE or similar acceptable.
• Strong organizational, negotiating, planning and influencing skills, verbal and written.
• Project Management experience.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• You must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Help develop the next generation of cutting and product handling equipment.
• 5+ years engineering experience with focus in design.
• Design, source, fabricate and test component level improvements.
• Integrate tested components and subassemblies into prototype machine design.
• Analysis of new designs using FEA, Math CAD, and accelerated testing in house and in the field.
• Perform risk analysis.
• Complete drawing packages and ECN’s to integrate new designs into MRP system.
• Support the existing fleet of portioners, harvesting, and cutting machines.
• Respond to urgent requests from customers, service techs, and applications engineers.
• Refine recommended spare parts list and help set initial inventory amount.
• Revise or replace components or subassemblies in need of improvement.
• Work with manufacturing on ongoing and new builds.
• Support prototype builds of subassemblies and full machines, frequently in person.
• Support Manufacturing Engineers and assemblers in person and remotely.
• Work with Sourcing, RCI, and QA to ensure best practices for pricing, delivery, and quality.
• Visit and understand customers and issues.
• Fix challenging and complex issues with machine performance.
• Identify potential upgrade kits or component improvements that improve customer satisfaction and create incremental revenue for JBT Marel. Design and document kits.

Skills

CAD proficiency

Project management

Organizational skills

Negotiation skills

Verbal & written communication

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

SolidWorks

Pro/E

Job description

JBT Marel is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join the R&D department for the DSI brand. The role involves designing cutting and product handling equipment, performing CAD modeling, FEA analysis, creating fabrication drawings, and troubleshooting field problems.

You will travel ~20% of the time, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and support customers with complex machine performance issues, with opportunities to develop upgrade kits and incremental revenue.