Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development) or equivalent experience
6+ years of experience in Material Handling
Proven experience designing conveyor, sortation, or automation equipment
Familiarity with designing parts for volume manufacturing
Proficient in SolidWorks or similar CAD software
Skilled in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Teams)
Responsibilities
Creates manufacturable and scalable product designs for automated material handling
Conducts complex analysis with significant accountability
Ensures products are safe, reliable, and easy to maintain
Uses modeling tools to validate designs
Collaborates with cross-functional teams for new solution development
Maintains project schedules aligning with milestones
Performs on-site testing and product verification
Analyzes data for trends in usage, cost, and performance
Develops and executes test plans for prototypes
Leads teams and mentors junior engineers
Benefits
Health, Vision, Dental insurance, and 401k with match
Pet Insurance available
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Full Job Description
Overview
Job Summary
Leads development of new product designs for automated material handling systems. Works on medium and large projects. Leads work teams, oversees the work of others, and mentors less senior team members.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Creates product designs that are manufacturable, scalable, consistent, competive, and desireable to Wynright's customers
Performs diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making
Ensures that new products are safe, reliable and easy to maintain
Follows engineering standards and uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
Partners with the design team, internal customers, manufacturing, quality control, purchasing, and outside vendors to develop new solutions
Maintains a progress schedule that meets project milestones
Performs on-site testing and verification
Travels up to 20%
Conceives, develops, engineers, prototypes, tests, and revises products designs
Analyzes data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
Developes and executes test plans for concepts and prototypes
Selects appropriate and cost-effective purchased parts
Performs engineering calculations to ensure robust designs, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
Works with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve development and design issues
Participates in new product scope specification
Reviews product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements and specifications
Leads work teams, oversees the work of other team members, and mentors less-senior team members
Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development, or equivalent experience
Minimum of 6 years of Material Handling-related experience
Experience designing conveyor, sortation, or automation equipment is required
Experience designing parts or equipment for volume manufacturing is required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements
Experienced with SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD and 2D AutoCAD
Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Teams, etc.
Benefit Information
Many great benefits to include Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match/Pet Insurance
