Sr. Product Development Engineer

Cone Drive Operations, a Timken company located in Traverse City, Michigan, has 100 years of success in the gearing industry. Our associates improve the efficiency and reliability of machinery that keeps industry in motion.

About the role

The Product Development Engineer will utilize strong technical and analytical skills to design, develop, and launch new industrial gearbox products and components.

Responsibilities

• Apply analytical skills, including handbook calculations and finite element analysis (FEA), to design commercial power transmission products, support product application engineering issues, implement engineering changes, and participate in value engineering activities
• Conduct product ratings calculations including thermal capacity and stress limit load capacity for assemblies and components using approved internal or industry standard tools and methods
• Develop product rating and selection programmed software solutions
• Create, collect, and synthesize design alternatives to produce innovative solutions that satisfy requirements of product specifications
• Solicit input from production, manufacturing engineering, and quality assurance throughout the design process to improve products and reduce costs
• Work with suppliers to develop cost-effective products based on both new part designs and application of commercial power transmission components
• Employ 3D CAD software to develop creative and accurate solutions for part and assembly designs
• Apply project management tools (timelines, action plans, design reviews, gate checklists) to lead cross-functional teams
• Assist with product testing and lead efforts to solve design and manufacturing problems
• Document intellectual property, produce catalog data, and create technical support documents

Requirements

• Minimum 1-year related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related program
• Experience designing components and assemblies in 3D CAD (Solid Edge or similar)
• Experience in engineering analysis including use of FEA tools and interpreting data/results
• Background and interest in computer programming for developing applications and web app tools (C#, .NET, Next.js)

Preferred Experience

• Good inter-department project management skills
• Background in heat transfer
• Noise and vibration/system dynamics analysis experience
• Hands-on experience working with mechanical systems
• Hands-on experience working with lab instrumentation

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data (“CTD”) and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees, or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.