Mechanical Engineer III (Senior)

Job Summary: The Mechanical Engineer III – Senior Engineer is responsible for providing engineering input to the product development projects assigned to him/her including interfacing with the cross functional team consisting of engineering, operations (industrial engineering, production, and material procurement), sourcing, quality, service, and marketing.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline;
• 5+ years of relevant work experience;

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating and releasing engineering Change Notices (CNs) to release parts and bills of material.
• Experience with Windchill or equivalent PLM
• Ability to perform detail oriented work with a high degree of accuracy on multiple projects;
• Design experience with a variety of materials (ie plastics, aluminum castings, sheet metal) and basic knowledge of material specs and use;
• Experience in new product design and development;
• Ability to conduct analysis using FEA, CFD, etc.
• Demonstrated written communication and presentation skills;
• Ability to translate technical information to all audiences;
• Applies engineering knowledge and experience to improve products, services and processes;
• Technical Skills to include 3D modeling (ProE or SolidWorks);
• MS Excel, MS Word;
• Experience with machine design;
• Previous experience with SAP or equivalent ERP.
• Design experience with weather protective and/or sound attenuated enclosures, or machine packaging including; airflow, heat mitigation, sound attenuation, and water ingress.
• Experience working in a Matrix organization.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
• Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of moderately complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.
• Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of moderately complex products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
• Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize moderately complex designs for manufacturability.
• Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
• Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
• Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers.
• Travel to other Generac facilities as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Level Of Independence

• Works independently;
• Receives minimal technical guidance;
• Requires in-depth knowledge and experience;
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services;
• Strong conceptualization, visualization, and creativity;
• Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical problem solving;
• Developing business acumen;
• Solves complex problems;
• Takes a new perspective using existing solutions;
• Strong decision-making skills;
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience;
• Has participated in cross-functional project teams and leads some aspects of the project;
• Ensures success cross-functionally;
• Offer recommendations and implement solutions;
• Take ownership of designs;
• Thorough understanding of the Engineering financial impact and a basic understanding of the needs and impact of other functions on the business.