Project Engineer

Job Description

Project Engineer

What Will You Do?

The Project Engineer will lead and work collaboratively from ourNorth Prairie, WIfacility with fellow team members to execute project deliverables for all product life-cycle requirements. This position encompasses mechanical design primarily for sheet metal and plastics processes, incorporates electrical and commercial refrigeration components integrated into assembly, part, and ERP documents, and has frequent collaborating opportunities with teams in Process Design, Sourcing, Product Marketing, and Production. The following are the essential duties and responsibilities you can expect to do:

Lead/define product development systems and elements to influence marketing specifications, commercialize designs based on those specifications, and match process to ROI/volume constraints:

Design, layout, evaluation, and documentation of mechanical and electro-mechanical systems utilizing 3D CAD and other digital analysis tools

Work collaboratively with fellow team members to carry out small to medium projects (1wk to 1yr duration), on time, and within budget

Work with R&D Laboratory for proper design validation and reliability testing

Work with vendors/sourcing to select and implement appropriate manufacturing processes to ensure cost-effective, robust products that meet the product requirements

Understand and institutionalize the critical interactions and design characteristics which ensure robust system performance

Manage/execute to multiple simultaneous projects and priorities

Provide/lead technical guidance and direction to CR/CO team/process

Create/manage multiple component items and product structures in Zero Zones manufacturing systems (PDM, IFS)

Lead/mentor project team members by communicating design goals through project planning and timely update meetings along with institutionalizing information in project planning and/or engineering guidelines

What Are We Looking For?

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required of you in this position:

BSME, BSMET, or equivalent in mechanical engineering and engineering technology

5+ years design experience in mechanical design, systems and products integrating sheet metal, net-shape, and COTS components

Demonstrated experiential successes with engineering projects, patents, and other professional achievements and recognition

You also have some technical requirements in this position:

Sheet metal, weldment, plastic extrusions, molded plastic, and cast metal parts

Material finishes including stainless, paint, powder coating, and anodizing

Electromechanical assemblies, electrical packaging, and wire harnesses

3D Cad modeling in SolidWorks or equivalent

Design for Manufacturability

Tolerance Stack-ups

Statics and Dynamics

Thermodynamics and heat transfer

Strengths of materials preferably including FEA

Full-time