Mechanical Engineer III (Senior)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, validates, and brings new products to market.
• Specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates a variety of moderately complex components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost (including cost/benefit analysis), reliability (risk analysis), and safety.
• Designs, develops, executes and evaluates fitness-for-use testing, product specifications and process validation plans for a variety of moderately complex products and/or components; creates and reviews material part specifications and bills of materials.
• Collaborates with internal manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers and product specialists to optimize moderately complex designs for manufacturability.
• Utilizes CAD (Computer Aided Design) or CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) systems to model new designs and produce detailed engineering drawings.
• Supporting product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
• Acts as a resource to mentor and teach less experienced engineers.
• Travel to other Generac facilities as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Level of Independence:

·Works independently;

·Receives minimal technical guidance;

·Requires in-depth knowledge and experience;

·Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services;

• Strong conceptualization, visualization, and creativity;
• Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical problem solving;

·Developing business acumen;

·Solves complex problems;

·Takes a new perspective using existing solutions;

·Strong decision-making skills;

·Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience;

·Has participated in cross-functional project teams and leads some aspects of the project;

·Ensures success cross-functionally;

·Offer recommendations and implement solutions;

·Take ownership of designs;

·Thorough understanding of the Engineering financial impact and a basic understanding of the needs and impact of other functions on the business.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”