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Who Are We?     

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens to venues such as St. Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career. 

As a core team member representing Operations on product development teams and product support teams, the Advance Manufacturing Engineer (AME) plays a key role in the development and production of successful products from inception through 1st production runs of a product and long term product upkeep. The AME provides DFMA support to the new product development teams with the goals of maximizing product quality and minimizing product cost.  With the support of the Project Leader and the plant Manufacturing Engineer, the AME champions design changes that will improve product quality, reduce product cost, and improve product manufacturability.

What Will You Do?  

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:  

• Represent Manufacturing as a core team member in new product development, product enhancement projects and on core business teams.  Insure that all the proper Operations resources are involved in the project as necessary. Provide timely communications between the project team and the Operations functions

• With the support of the Project Lead and plant ME, the AME plays a leadership role in DFMA activities during product development.  Work with the design team on a day to day basis.  Involve the plant assembly ME, fabrication MEs and suppliers as needed to make informed, timely decisions related to manufacturability, quality and cost

• Assume primary responsibility for the manufacturability of the product.  This includes ensuring manufacturing input from Toro plants and component suppliers (through NPD Sourcing) are considered by design early in a project, preferably in feasibility.  Address assembly issues uncovered during design reviews or prototype builds and any component manufacturability versus tolerance concerns prior to production

• Manage the product development tooling budget, including initial estimates, IAR creation, and spending authorization. Select optimum tooling method for functional needs and volumes. Coordinate tooling releases to ensure tool availability to meet schedule

• Provide leadership to explore and implement the use of new technologies, methodologies and materials that can be incorporated into the product design and manufacturing processes to reduce costs, enhance product performance and quality and/or enhance the state of the art of manufacturing or product development

• Co-manage the prototype manufacturing process by working with the manufacturing plant, NPD Sourcing, Prototype Buyers, Sourcing, PDL and Design Engineering to procure and coordinate prototype materials for the manufacture of prototypes

• Work with Sourcing, Manufacturing and others to develop a lead time schedule for all components that will assist the project team in developing a design release schedule that will allow component and tooling procurement within reasonable time limits

• Support manufacturing during prototype builds, the pilot build and the transition to full production as needed

• Works closely with Design Engineering, Plant Manufacturing Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, Cost Estimating and Finance

• Must develop a strong professional working relationship with all Toro manufacturing locations and have an in depth knowledge base of all internal manufacturing capabilities.

What Do You Need?  

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Agric