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Senior Design Engineer
Sioux Falls, SD
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Senior Design Engineer

This position will be responsible for the design, analysis, and release of customer-requested thermal management programs.


Job Functions

  • Demonstrates expert level of design and analysis skills
  • Responsible for creating/implementing customer-driven designs with minimal supervision
  • Will specify materials and analyze structures for robustness, cost, and risk of designs
  • Lead Design FMEA's with cross-functional groups including Logistics, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Suppliers, and Tooling/Fixtures
  • Utilize quality process control as outlined in industry standard protocols
  • Will be the technical contact in support of sales and is expected to maintain/grow relationships with the customer
  • Flexibility to travel both domestically and internationally
  • Support manufacturing as needed for prototyping or production launches
  • Ability to direct designers/drafters who are providing project support
  • Perform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned or departmentally defined
  • Uses leadership skills and sound business judgment to support sales volume and profits
  • Establishes strong, lasting relationships with customers
  • Champions department improvement projects


Essential Technical Skills

  • Must demonstrate a strong ability to design engine cooling and climate control components and have extensive knowledge in the physics of heat transfer and fluid flow phenomenon as applied to vehicles
  • This position requires an extensive knowledge of the application of materials including ferrous and non-ferrous metals
  • Strong analytical skills including heat transfer analysis, stress analysis, and energy balances within thermal systems
  • Applies sound analysis methods in the evaluation of heat transfer and structural requirements
  • Demonstrates a high level of competency with solid modeling design software
  • Demonstrates a strong understanding of production methods and the concept of designing for manufacturability
  • Should possess solid background in the processes of welding, brazing, and metal forming
  • Must possess strong project management skills and employs the use of computer-based prediction and tracking tools such as Microsoft Project and Excel
  • Experience in the use of quality tools such as FMEAs, Design of Experiments, SPC, etc.
  • Works with manufacturing personnel in order to design product consistent with current processes and their associated capability
  • Effectively solves design-related problems identified during the fabrication and assembly of product and provides support as appropriate to shop personnel
  • Prepares appropriate documentation related to design and engineering activities through the application of industry drafting standards which includes geometric tolerancing
  • Use product data management systems to store CAD files and perform change management


Education and Experience Requirements

  • Self-starter with the ability to operate well independently
  • Five plus years of design experience in an OEM manufacturing environment
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience with a parametric-based CAD software
  • Experience in sheet metal design and weldments
  • Experience in thermal management products and processes (brazing) a plus
  • Minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME)
  • Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Master's Degree in Engineering Management, or an MBA a plus



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