Opportunity Details
Senior Design Engineer
JOB-10040129
Anticipated Start Date
Dec. 29, 2023
Location
San Antonio, TX
Type of Employment
Direct Hire
Employer Info
As a privately held designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered architectural light fixtures, this client has created an impressive company culture dedicated to professional development, community engagement, and a commitment to its employees’ growth.
Job Summary
Responsible for product development from concept through production, leading electro-mechanical product design and / or redesign, part assembly and detailed part drawings.
Job Description
Design work varies form new product development to product enhancements and may involve work with problem jobs or field fixes.
Develops and distributes engineering data in the form of Engineering Change Notices, bills of material and parts tracking.
- Collaborates with and influences cross functional members of the design team, presenting and communicating project status updates to senior management.
- Simultaneously manages multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors to generate high-quality, cost-effective solutions.
- Mentors and leads other engineers.
- Manages prototyping, testing, and assembly of samples.
- Attends or leads team meetings on the product delivery system for each major product. When heading a project, the lead design engineer is expected to run these meetings.
- Initiates and develops concepts for new products from Market Requirement Specification (MRS) provided by the VP of Product and other avenues such as reviewing competitor's samples and documentation, and free design techniques.
These concepts must be agreeable with standard manufacturing methods utilized by the onsite manufacturing facility or supply chain.
Develops and documents thermal, photometric, regulatory testing plans Submits test request follow-up with the testing group.
Submits prototyping requests, works with machine shop and external vendors in production of prototypes and assembly of samples.
- Generates and revises CAD drawings and models, component inspection, prototype build and product testing.
- Utilize best practices, including DFM, DFA, and tolerance stack analysis in collaboration with manufacturing, supply chain, and vendors to ensure designs are optimized for cost, quality, and performance.
Skills Required
- 4+ years’ experience with architectural down lighting, track product development for the North American and European markets
- 6+ years’ experience with lighting product development
- Experienced in 2D, 3D CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks).
- Experience with Project Management
- High sense of urgency with ability to prioritize multiple projects.
- Waterfall / gate style product development experience. Experience with Agile a secondary priority.
- Knowledge of Lean and ideally Kaizen, continuous improvement, poka-yoke, 5S.
- Highly proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Extensive experience with IP testing, gasket design and thermal simulations.
- Moderate knowledge of IoT lighting specific landscape
- High experience with IP portfolio development and management
- Detailed knowledge of UL and CSA standards and the NEC
- Moderate knowledge of some or all the CE, NOM, IEC standards
- Detailed knowledge of castings (die and investment), forgings, plastic injection moldings, extrusions, machining, heat sink design, sheet metal, surface treatments (powder coating, painting, plating), stamping, drawing.
- Moderate knowledge in light sources and LED Technologies, including LEDs, COBs, PCBs, Drivers, Control Systems, thermal management (simulation and testing)
- Previous ERP software experience.
- Moderate knowledge of electrical circuits, reliability, wiring, control protocols
Education / Training / Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electromechanical, or another technical / analytical field
Additional Requirements
- Working Environment : Smoke free workplace
- Work HoursMonday to Friday 8 : 30am - 5 : 30pm (typically)
Pay Rate / Salary
- $100,000 and up Depending on Experience
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