ILUS - Sr. Product Development Engineer

Responsibilities

• Creates product designs that are manufacturable, scalable, consistent, competitive, and desirable to Wynright's customers
• Performs diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making
• Ensures that new products are safe, reliable, and easy to maintain
• Fulfills engineering standards and uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
• PARTNERS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, INTERNAL CUSTOMERS, MANUFACTURING, QUALITY CONTROL, PURCHASING, AND OUTSIDE VENDORS TO DEVELOP NEW SOLUTIONS
• Maintains a progress schedule that meets project milestones
• Performs on-site testing and verification
• TRAVELS UP TO 20%
• CONCEIVES, DEVELOPS, ENGINEERS, PROTOTYPES, TESTS, AND REVISES PRODUCTS DESIGNS
• ANALYZES DATA TO IDENTIFY TRENDS IN USAGE, COST, PERFORMANCE, AND RELIABILITY
• DEVELOPS AND EXECUTES TEST PLANS FOR CONCEPTS AND PROTOTYPES
• Selects appropriate and cost-effective purchased parts
• PERFORMS ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS TO ENSURE ROBUST DESIGNS, INCLUDING HORSEPOWER, STRESS, TORQUE, DEFLECTION, TORSION, OVERHUNG LOAD, SORTATION RATE, CYCLE RATE, AIR CONSUMPTION, AND AMPERAGE DRAW
• WORKS WITH OTHER TEAMS TO TRUBleshoot AND RESOLVE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN ISSUES
• REVIEWS PRODUCT DESIGNS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, COMPANY STANDARDS, AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
• LEADS WORK TEAMS, OVERSEES THE WORK OF OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, AND MENTORS LESS-SENIOR TEAM MEMBERS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 6 years of Material Handling-related experience
• Experience designing conveyor, sortation, or automation equipment is required
• Experience designing parts or equipment for volume manufacturing is required

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Experienced with SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD and 2D AutoCAD
• Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Teams, etc.

Benefits Information

• Many great benefits to include
• Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match/Pet Insurance
• FSA/HSA Employee Assistance Program
• EEO
• Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
• Federal Contractor