Sr. Project Engineer

Management Performance Associates; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401K match

Paid vacation

Job summary

Management Performance Associates in Milwaukee seeks a Sr. Project Engineer to drive the design of fully customized automated production equipment from concept through completion. You will coordinate with customers, suppliers, and internal teams to ensure technical feasibility and schedule adherence.

You will lead design Engineers and external contractors on large projects, manage resources, and communicate progress, milestones, and risks to stakeholders while optimizing costs and performance.

Qualifications

• BSME or similar degree required.
• 5+ years of project design experience for fully customized automated production equipment (not a base product).
• SolidWorks proficiency required.
• Experience with welding, fixture design and GD&T preferred.
• Desirable: robotics, vision systems, data acquisition and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design of a custom automated machine contracted for a client; mentor design engineers and external contractors on larger projects.
• Break down design work into tasks, assign milestones, and communicate timeline to the team.
• Incorporate robotics, vision systems, welding, fixtures, controls, material handling, and high-speed assembly where applicable.
• Regularly report project status to customers and management.

Skills

Project leadership

Customer interaction

Team coordination

Budget management

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

BSME or similar degree

Tools

SolidWorks

Welding

Fixture design

GD&T

Robotics

Vision systems

Data acquisition

Industrial controls

Job description

Our client designs and manufactures fully customized automated assembly equipment for their customers and they need a Sr. Project Engineer. You will be responsible for taking a project from concept to completion. This includes understanding all technical issues potentially affecting your project such customer specifications, cycle times, pneumatics, hydraulics, etc. Continually assess the impact of these issues to your project and facilitate corrective action, maintain project budget, and engineering design release schedule integrity. You will report to the Mechanical Engineering Manager.

Company –

• A well established manufacturer of custom automated production equipment for automotive, energy, appliance, consumer products and other industries
• Founded in 1936, this is a over 100 people strong and you can see how your work impacts the company and its clients
• Career growth opportunities
• State of the art technology is part of your day-to-day work, with interesting technical challenges

Benefits and Features – They truly VALUE and APPRECIATE their employees!

• Health, Vision, Dental, Life, Disability and Accident Insurances
• 3% employer match on 401K and profit-sharing program
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Great company culture

What you will be doing:

• Responsible for the overall design of a custom automated machine contracted for by a client. If a smaller project, you may do this on your own or if it is a larger project, lead a team of Design Engineers and outside design contractors.
• Manage resources and breakdown the design effort for large projects into manageable design tasks and clearly communicate the design time, tasks, timeline, and milestones to your team and hold them accountable.
• Your designs may incorporate robotics, vision systems, welding, fixtures, controls, material handling, laser or plasma cutting, hydraulics, pneumatics, high-speed product assembly, and packaging
• Communicate regularly the status of your projects with customers and the management team

What they are looking for:

• BSME or similar degree with strong mechanical design skills
• 5+ years of project design experience for fully customized automated production equipment (NOT a base product that can be slightly modified for the customer)
• You must know SolidWorks
• You must have experience with welding, fixture design and GD&T
• Any experience with robotics, vision systems, computer controls, data acquisition experience is desirable.
• Direct experience working with customers and suppliers is desirable
• I nterpersonal verbal and written communication skills are extremely important
• Proven success managing, facilitating, or controlling a group of people or large project to a timeline and schedule is desirable
• Good computer skills are needed