Senior Product Design Engineer - Tools

Location; Portland, OR

Relocation : Yes

　

　

　

The Company has an exceptional Senior Product Design Engineering opportunity at our global headquarters in Oregon, working in our new Oregon Tools division. Now is a great time to consider Oregon(r). Relocation assistance is available.

We are committed to excellence in our people, products, performance, and profits. We value our employees and their contributions to our success; product innovation and product quality; continuous improvement through total quality management; environmentally sound and responsible business practices; honesty, integrity, and social responsibility in our business; and customer service. We believe our employees are the foundation of our Company's success, and we are committed to continuous learning and quality, focusing on the customer, respect and accountability, flexibility, and good relationships with others.

The Company is an exciting place to work with challenging and rewarding projects, and we are seeking dynamic individuals to join our Company. The successful candidate will develop and lead new product designs to achieve successful market introduction of PowerNow cordless, battery operated products, including concept development, analysis, prototyping, and testing.

JOB DUTIES INCLUDE:

- Design patentable, innovative, cost effective solutions for lawn and outdoor maintenance products using Pro-E 3D CAD modeling software.

- Design gearing, plastic parts, die castings. Perform component selection, including bearings, gaskets, switches, screws, gaskets and other components.

- Develop components and systems to achieve functionality and performance according to specifications that lead to product introduction of battery-operated lawn and outdoor maintenance products.

- Create development testing regimes, including prototype and benchtop subsystem tests.

- Perform engineering analyses of products: use and/or coordinate use of design tools such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA), tolerance stack calculation, and stress/strain calculation, etc.

- Project management to include defining and documenting project parameters; developing, implementing, and monitoring project schedules; providing production and technical support in product design process.

- Works closely with a wide variety of internal and external customers to define, meet, or exceed design parameters.

- Provides technical recommendations for product line and Identifies areas of opportunity for new products based on market direction and customer needs.

- Communicates technical concepts and information clearly and effectively through formal and informal documents, in non-technical terms as appropriate.

- Monitor industry trends, new production introductions and new technologies that PowerNow can use to improve cost and performance.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

- 5 or more years of product design experience required, incorporating high volume die-casting and plastic parts and housings in a 3D design environment

- Applicable high-volume product experience (may include lawn and garden products, electro-mechanical power tools, cleaning tools, kitchen appliances, vacuums, pumps and air moving equipment)

- Advanced knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes highly preferred.

- Solid hands on experience with FEA, GD&T, Dynamics Analysis, SPC, and high speed assembly fabrication analysis desired

- Proficiency with 3-D modeling is required (Pro-E or SolidWorks strongly preferred)

- Able to travel overseas to meet with suppliers several times per year for engineering meetings, prototyping and production builds (onsite for up to two weeks)

- Demonstrated innovative thinking and problem solving skills and comfort with change management concepts

- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and flexibility

- Proven leadership and decision-making skills, experience in a leadership role preferred

- Exceptional organization, time management and multi-tasking skills are essential.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

EDUCATION:

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree is required.