Sr. Engineer

Location: Oshkosh, WI
Eligibility: Must be authorized to work in the US

About the Role

The Sr Engineer – Mechanical designs functional, reliable, and cost-effective heavy-duty vehicle components. Perform engineering analysis, design or re-design, and development of components for existing and new vehicles. Provide integration and execution support for vehicle and component design.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering calculations, investigations, and tasks according to Oshkosh and general industry engineering standards and processes.
• Support senior engineers in preparing plans, designs, computation methods, and reporting.
• Manage a project or part of a project of limited complexity; may manage multiple projects.
• Collaborate with other engineering or business support disciplines internally and with external suppliers.
• Provide guidance or mentorship to entry-level engineers, designers, or technicians.
• Maintain effective communication with suppliers, internal and external customers, and outside resources concerning technical issues.
• Enforce proper use of engineering criteria and drawing standards.
• Ensure technical issues are conducted within company policies and procedures.
• Evaluate designs for performance, safety, and reliability.
• Prepare and direct preparation of layouts, drawings, specifications, and bills of material.
• Perform engineering analysis to support selection of parts, components, and materials.
• Provide technical assistance for production support.
• Analyze and resolve issues reported to Engineering via verbal or written communication.
• Prepare technical proposals, quotations, reports, and presentations.
• Create and maintain project documentation for analysis, research, and historical records.
• Utilize analytical and mathematical approaches to calculate or model system performance and optimize designs.
• Regular attendance is required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Accredited Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with three (3) or more years of related experience.

Qualifications

• Accredited Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Mechanical knowledge of automotive or heavy-vehicle equipment and related systems.
• Experience with a high-level CAD system.

Skills

• Internal Contacts: Contact with peers and others involving explanation of information (within or outside department/division) and gathering factual information; may include communication of sensitive or confidential information.
• External Contacts: Limited external contact to gather information, answer queries, or seek assistance.
• Communication Skills: Read, write, and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; speak effectively before internal and external groups; read, analyze, and interpret business manuals, technical procedures, government regulations, scientific/technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Decision-Making: Regularly makes decisions involving evaluation of information, requiring development or application of alternatives or precedents.
• Complexity, Judgment, and Problem Solving: Generally diversified and moderately difficult work requiring judgment in adapting and interpreting established practices for undefined problems.
• Supervisory/Managerial: General instructing, scheduling, and reviewing of others performing the same or directly related work; acts as “lead worker.”

Working Conditions

• Physical Demands:
  • Frequent: Standing, walking/running, sitting, reaching, hearing, talking, visual, typing.
  • Occasional: Driving, fine dexterity, manual dexterity, upper extremity repetitive motion.
  • Seldom: Lifting/carrying 25 lbs., pushing/pulling 25 lbs.
• Non-Physical Demands:
  • Frequent: Analysis/reasoning, communication/interpretation, math/mental computation, reading, sustained mental activity (e.g., auditing, problem-solving, grant writing, composing reports), writing.
• Environmental Demands:
  • Frequent: Work alone, frequent task changes, tedious/exacting work.
  • Occasional: High-volume public contact.
• Work Schedule: Routine shift hours; infrequent overtime, weekend, or shift rotation.
• Demands/Deadlines: High volume and variable work demands with deadlines imposing routine strain or considerable intermittent stress.