Principal Systems Engineer - Machine Integration Lead

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• Leads engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products.
• Works as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team.
• Designs and develops innovative electro-mechanical machines.
• Leads and contributes to technical product strategy development.
• Manages technical aspects of multiple system integration.
• Creates new concepts for machine architectures and sub-system platforming plans.
• Establishes machine level performance specifications.
• Prepares preliminary layouts, models, sketches and/or schematic diagrams.
• Determines nature and type of electronic models and detail drawings required.
• Leads and mentors junior engineers and designers.
• Collaborates closely with machine and subsystem teams.
• Establishes machine and subsystem development plans and schedules.
• Leads and participates in formal/informal design reviews.
• Plans and executes prototype builds.
• Leads the production launch and implementation of product designs.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET accredited four-year college or university.
• MS in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of new product development experience.
• Strong project planning/management experiences.
• Experience in electric vehicle and/or autonomous vehicle development preferred.
• Strong technical background with machine & system integration experiences.
• Demonstrated experience in whole product-level systems requirements development.
• Experience with problem solving processes, tools and techniques.
• Experience with issue-tracking systems (JIRA, Confluence etc.) a plus.
• Background in product development certification processes for regulatory and third-party certifications.
• General knowledge in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) practices/tools a plus.
• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) a plus.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience with problem solving methodologies including 8D, Six Sigma / DMAIC.
• Experience in applying MBSE to the full engineering lifecycle.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Profit sharing
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Voluntary benefits