Senior Project Engineer

Design and develop all aspects of air compressors and air brake tanks. This person will work directly with Marketing, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Quality to develop new products and improve existing products. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Position Responsibilities:

• The role demands strong interpersonal judgment, including diplomacy, respectful engagement, and the ability to navigate difficult conversations. The individual must listen carefully, acknowledge issues, and ensure timely follow‑through
• Lead assigned projects for New Product Launch / industrialization
• Identify project requirements and timing needs to meet customer requirements for safety, quality, delivery, and cost. Check and approve technical drawings
• Deliver project by defining, validating and costing the product, developing and leading project timeline, supporting the industrialization of the product
• Create and lead value improvement and bench marking projects to improve quality and cost
• Ensure assigned projects meet compliance standards such as ASME and UL 1450
• Validates Product Performance and Durability requirements by coordinating testing with Test Lab
• Leads project by monitoring and managing timeline, coordinating with internal resources, identifying issues and implementing corrective actions
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations
• Use CAD to generate Assembly and Component models and drawings
• Use technical writing skills to create instructions for both end user products and production activities
• Create GD&T tolerancing schemes appropriate to the design requirements
• Proactively inspect current production process for quality and/or cost concerns and collaboratively develop counter measures
• Analyze field and test failures to determine root cause and recommend/ design product improvements
• Mentor junior engineering staff in best practices
• Other duties and tasks assigned as necessary

Prerequisites:

• All employees are required to work on-site. At times it may be necessary to work hours beyond the standard office hours to get the required tasks accomplished to meet deadlines
• Must be able to read (in English) written instructions, handbooks, manuals, correspondence, memos, etc.
• Able to read/ interpret regulations, technical specifications and drawings
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Highly motivated, well-organized & maintain high personal standards of quality
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written skills.

Education/Experience:

• BSME (or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
• Mechanical Design with 5 plus years’ experience in outdoor power equipment, small gasoline engine or other similar experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Root cause analysis and problem solving
• Extensive experience in Creo/ Pro-E Wildfire software (solid modeling and drawing creation)
• Failure analysis and test data evaluation & packaging development and testing
• Development of on-product and in-manual safety and instructional messages

Physical & Environmental Requirements:

• Ability to use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Ability to stand/sit prolonged periods standing and performing repetitive tasks
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to hear sounds and differentiate between them
• Ability to visually understand distance, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and color vision

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.