Senior Industrial Design Engineer, World Wide Engineering & Innovation Design Engineering
Key job responsibilities
Lead strategic design initiatives for our global sortation and transportation network, focusing on developing comprehensive solutions that optimize equipment specifications, material flow, process design, and site layouts while protecting intellectual property. You'll partner with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver cost-effective innovations under tight deadlines. Success in this role requires exceptional project management skills to handle multiple concurrent initiatives while maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, contractors, and vendors.
As a technical leader, you'll guide large-scale engineering projects from conception to completion, leveraging your expertise to drive innovation and operational excellence. Your ability to communicate effectively will be crucial as you present strategic visions, detailed implementation roadmaps, and technical solutions to senior executives, translating complex engineering concepts into compelling business cases that drive decision-making and secure project support.
Your leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of our logistics infrastructure, requiring both technical depth and strategic business acumen to deliver solutions that enhance our operational capabilities while maintaining cost efficiency and scalability.
Key Activities
- Drive innovation in package sortation
- Develop optimal solutions for equipment specification and material flow
- Create efficient process designs and site layouts
- Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors
- Generate cost-effective solutions under time constraints
- Manage multiple concurrent projects
- Build and maintain stakeholder relationships
- Provide technical leadership on large-scale projects
- Present compelling business cases to senior executives
- Execute strategic visions while maintaining operational excellence
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of design & innovation, research & development work experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a foreign equivalent
- Experience with design & innovation and research & development
- Experience in management of engineering design projects
- Experience using business or technical software like MS Excel, MS Project, and CAD software
- Experience with design innovation, R&D, and complex automated systems including robotics, material handling equipment, and high-speed manufacturing
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years of specialty (with progressive responsibility) experience
- Master's degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field
- Knowledge of concepts like system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, system analysis, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, electronic system design, and decision making
- Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems and high-speed manufacturing
- Experience with design-in-safety