Sr. Product Development Engineer

Bissell - Grand Rapids, MI

Full-time - Senior

Grand Rapids, MI

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Engineer - Product Development leads the development on products for new and existing floorcare product lines. In this key role, he/she will lead the PD&E activities to ensure that BISSELL requirements are met with a result of successful product launches. This person will have a heavy emphasis in technical expertise while having the ability to create and manage a project schedule, maintain and strengthen supplier relationships, and be a critical link in technical communications both within BISSELL and with outside suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Direction and overall responsibility for technical aspects of the product and project.
• Design plastic parts for injection molding.
• Integration of electronic and electromechanical components.
• Specify and select purchased components.
• Development of comprehensive test plans.
• Set clear and thorough part, material, and overall product specifications.
• Technical definition of product and feasibility studies.
• Analysis of test results and the understanding of performance.
• Coaching, mentoring and possible supervision of junior engineers, designers, and co-ops.
• Provide technical information about the project to others in the company.
• Recommend and participate in the improvement of methods, equipment, staffing.
• Responsible for completeness, correctness and accuracy of CAD data.
• Estimate technical project resources requirements and project expenses.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
• Strength in engineering fundamentals.
• Analytical approach to problems.
• Ability to understand voice of consumer needs and integrate these into product specs.
• Basic personal computer skills.
• Experience with electromechanical consumer products.
• Experience with UL approved products.
• Experience in test development and results analysis.
• Experience in project scheduling and tracking.
• Experience in plastic part design.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• 5+ years of experience in product development.

Nice-to-haves

• 3D CAD and geometric dimensioning.
• Exposure to finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
• Experience with fluid or air moving products.
• Design for Assembly Analysis (DFA).
• Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA, DFMEA).
• Project management experience.
• Design of Experiments (DoE, Taguchi).
• Reading and comprehension of utility patents.
• Supervisory experience.