Senior Mechanical Engineer

Description

The Senior Mechanical Engineer holds a key position in the design and advancement of New Product Development (NPD) initiatives for bio-devices for the global poultry, livestock and aquaculture industries. This position is to be filled with a highly creative, seasoned, hands-on engineer, who will lead/participate in NPD programs for new applied bio-mechanical technology and devices from conceptualization to development and commercialization, including, idea generation, research, evaluation, product design, feasibility analysis, value assessment, product introduction, field application and commercialization. This position currently reports to the Director of Mechanical Engineering and leads development initiatives internally through a matrix organization in addition to managing external consulting and design firms, to accelerate NPD initiatives. 

Responsibilities

• Take a strong leadership role in driving technological/scientific development of electro-mechanical industrial automation equipment and sub-systems.
• Provide strong technical knowledge and leadership to product development teams to aggressively deliver the company’s product portfolio.
• Through a hands-on approach, deliver results related to concept development, mechanical analysis, part/assembly design, product verification, and DOE-based problem solving.
• Integrate new technology, techniques, and concepts to enhance functionality, simplify designs, improve reliability, and reduce production costs.
• Apply sound critical thinking to design effective experiments to solve complex technical problems.
• Mentor early experienced colleagues to raise the skills of the mechanical engineering group.
• Lead/support internal and/or external contract design resources as required.
• Work with operations and contract manufacturers to ensure cost-effective product manufacturability and testability.
• Communicate effectively across multi-disciplinary teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters in Biomechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 10 years of hands-on industrial experience developing medical device, diagnostic equipment, or automation equipment.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience leading product development teams of 2-4 people. 
• Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and deploying medical, diagnostics, or industrial automation systems.
• Demonstrated experience designing and executing experiments to solve complex mechanical problems.
• Proficient in designing parts and assemblies in Solidworks CAD platform.
• Experience designing sheet metal components and welded assemblies.
• Experience developing motion-based electro-mechanical sub-systems.
• Experience developing microfluidics delivery components and sub-systems. 
• Experience applying and/or using structural finite element analysis. 
• Experience applying and/or using computational fluid dynamics analysis.