Senior Product Engineer

Job Description

• [Company] - Hydraulics Headquarters is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to provide product design engineering support to existing hydraulic gear pumps and low speed high torque motors. This position will be located in Eden Prairie, MN.

The essential duties of this position are as follows:

• Collaborate with [Company] Sales, [Company] Marketing, and the end customer to resolve performance/reliability deficiencies with existing products, apply existing products into new platforms, modify existing products to meet customer requirements, and conduct customer prototype qualification testing.
• Collaborate with the manufacturing and supply chain functions to resolve design related manufacturability issues. Disposition material that does not conform to product specifications.
• Collaborate with the supply chain and manufacturing functions to conduct qualification testing of new suppliers, tooling, and processes to ensure continued supply of cost effective and high quality products.
• Initiate project plans, which include the schedule actions and the resources required to meet the project objectives. Execute projects according to the established plan.
• Write effective test requests for technicians to execute. Analyze results and clearly summarize the findings in technical reports.
• Perform and document design calculations, generate CAD layouts, and verify all necessary tolerance stack ups for new designs and design revisions.
• Initiate the generation of new ideas and document them appropriately for possible patent protection or to reserve as trade secrets.

Basic Qualifications (Including Educational Requirements)

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Must have 3 year’s experience in product engineering.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Position Criteria

• Experience working with customers. Excellent problem solving skills
• Good teaming, written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management experience.
• Experience working with global cultures.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• M.S. in Mechanical engineering from an accredited institution
• Experience with the design and application of hydraulic components.
• Experience with the design of hydraulic systems
• Proficient in the use of CAD modeling using ProEngineer.
• Proficient in the use of FEA using Ansys.