Senior Project Engineer, Sustaining Product Development (SPD

Kohler (Rehlko); Sheboygan (WI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Work-life flexibility

Recognition and rewards

Development and career opportunities

Safe and inclusive workplace

Job summary

Rehlko is seeking a Senior Project Engineer, Sustaining Product Development (SPD) to lead the design and integration of controllers with sensors, ECMs and accessories. You will modify components and design harnesses to ensure system performance and support sustaining product development.

You will collaborate across engineering teams, suppliers, and customers, resolving issues from supply chain to end customer.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating across multiple engineering groups and suppliers.
• Strong communication, written and verbal, for cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead programs and drive test plans and validations.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with internal Engineering groups, Hardware and Harness teams, Systems Team, Mechanical Engineering Teams, suppliers, customers, Marketing and Manufacturing.
• Articulate technical details to team members and suppliers.
• Develop and configure solutions for diverse component configurations.
• Develop harness and wire management systems meeting regulatory and internal standards.
• Lead testing to qualify new sensors, ECMs and accessories.
• Organize and contribute to global harness development standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Windchill

SAP

AutoCAD

SEE Electrical

Creo

Job description

Why Work at Rehlko

Our work is guided by our purpose: creating an energy-resilient world for a better future. This purpose embodies the legacy we bring, with more than 100 years as the global leader in energy resilience, delivering solutions critical to sustain and improve life.

Our teams have the opportunity to provide a critical resource - energy - that ensures safety, security, and independence for people around the world. Our team members are focused on pushing boundaries, continuing to innovate in an ever-changing landscape, and keeping up with the pace required to create solutions for today's world demands.

Our product range includes engines, generators, power conversion, UPS systems, EV components and electrification solutions, microgrid controls and management, and clean energy solutions that serve a broad spectrum of OEM, residential, industrial, and commercial customers. At Rehlko, you have the freedom to identify, create, and deliver solutions - large and small - that help people and communities thrive in the moments that matter.

At Rehlko, our team members are the essential energy that powers our organization's success. We are committed to fostering a safe and sustainable work environment where safety is everyone's responsibility. We empower every team member to actively participate in our Zero Is Possible safety culture by encouraging open communication, proactively reporting hazards, following protocols, and suggesting improvements. Join us in creating an energy resilient world for a better future!

Why You Will Love this Job

As a Senior Project Engineer, Sustaining Product Development (SPD) on our team, you will be responsible for the planning, design and development of new designs that blend our existing controllers with new or existing sensors, ECMs, alternators or other accessories. Modifying existing individual components or designing the harnesses to allow all the individual components in the unit work together to achieve the performance required. Additionally, responsibilities will include supporting sustaining product development. As part of our SPD team, you will be challenged to identify and resolve critical issues from supply chain, manufacturing, or end customer.

Work Environment

• Work mode: Hybrid-3 days on site
• Location: N7650 County Rd LS, Sheboygan, WI, 53083
• Relocation assistance available

RESPONSIBLITIES

• Communication with the various internal Engineering groups, Hardware and Harness teams, Systems Team, Mechanical Engineering Teams, external component suppliers, the customer, Marketing, and Manufacturing.
• Strong communication skills, both spoken and written, are required for interaction with team members, suppliers, and customers.
• Articulate technical details effectively to team members and suppliers.
• Communicate what is required to meet the performance criteria and how to test and verify that the performance was met.
• Report out schedules, progress, and requirements to product development teams.
• Responsible for developing and configuring solutions for a wide range of component and product configurations.
• Responsible for developing harness and wire management systems that comply with third party agency regulatory requirements and internal KPS design standards.
• Proficiency with Windchill, SAP, AutoCAD, SEE Electrical, and/or Creo will be critical to long term success.
• Develop a strong technical working knowledge on a wide variety of engine or generator controllers, sensor and third-party hardware and software tools.
• Responsible for improving and developing harness design procedures and standards.
• Directs or performs required testing to approve new suppliers of sensors, connectors, ECMs and accessories.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the database of sensors, gauges, accessories, and auxiliary components that have been tested and approved for each controller, alternator, engine and switchgear assembly.
• Organize, contribute to, define, and develop global standards for harness development.
• Assist with aligning North American processes with global initiatives, as they relate to harness development.
• Grow and develop electronics controller integration process.
• Learn and understand Leads and Harness manufacturing processes and capabilities in order to make informed and collaborative decisions for new and current products.
• Drive the process and review all test plans, specifications, prints and test results to ensure best practices are followed.
• Ability to lead

What We Offer

At Rehlko, our Total Rewards programs are designed to accelerate growth, energize performance, and support a culture of inclusion at every stage of life and work. We offer total rewards that are easily understood, recognize results, enable career mobility, and reflect our commitment to valuing diverse needs in a fast-moving world. We provide:

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Work-life flexibility
• Recognition and rewards
• Development and career opportunities
• A safe and inclusive workplace