Principal Systems Engineer - Machine Integration Lead

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Principal Systems Engineer – Machine Integration Lead

The Principal Systems Engineer – Machine Integration Lead (MIL) leads the engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products on new product development and large-scale lifecycle management efforts at Tennant.  This position primarily works as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team to design and develop innovative electro-mechanical machines that meet requirements for performance, quality, product cost, and project timelines.  Additionally, this role leads and contributes to technical product strategy development including: product platform and architecture development, product simplification improvements, technology and innovation concept development, product & technology roadmap inputs, and project strategy phase execution.

Required Skills

• Engineering project leadership with excellent project planning & organization
• In-depth understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model and its application in the development of complex electro-mechanical systems
• System requirements development & decomposition, maintenance, & use of requirements tools (such as Visure, Jama, DOORS, etc.)  
• Electro-Mechanical Systems Architecting, Concept Ideation & Downselection, & Product Design
• Expertise in Verification & Validation (V&V) techniques and methodologies and Design Verification Planning (DVP)
• Risk Management techniques and methodologies including FMEA (Failure Mode Effects and Analysis), Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
• Broad technical knowledge of other product design techniques and methodologies including DFA/M (Design for Manufacturability/Assembly), Dimensional tolerance analysis & definition
• Problem Solving Methodologies including 8D, Ishikawa Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys
• Self-starter, able to successfully manage ambiguous design tasks. 
• Ability to identify & influence model development work for predicting system performance based on engineering principles. 
• Proficiency in CAD required (SolidWorks preferred) 
• Data based decision making / statistical analysis. 
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. 
• Ability to develop engineering standards. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 
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