Job Type
Full-time
Description
About the role: Reporting to the Engineering Manager, The Sr. Design Engineer is the technical owner of our major product lines (core cutter, slabber, roll stands) and any new product development in our Appleton, WI location. You will partner with Territory Managers, Product Engineers, and Production team members to review sales orders and ensure designs meet customer needs and internal standards. You will oversee and execute any retrofits or modifications as needed. Essentially, you are the technical checkpoint for engineering to release to production.
We are looking for someone who holds the inventor mindset, is customer obsessed, acts with a high degree of urgency, and values a collaborative approach to creative problem solving.
Requirements
What you'll do: - Review, edit, and execute all new orders for assigned product lines ensuring designs meet customer specs and internal standards.
- Act as main point of contact for all engineering-related requests and questions for pre-quotes, configuration, models, etc...
- Collaborate with Operations on prioritization, resource assignment, and timelines to meet the needs of the business.
- Maintain SOPs, Technical Construction Files/Summaries for all required Appleton products.
- Drive quality improvement and cost reduction initiatives on all new and existing designs.
- Serve as the go to knowledgebase for any external customers and internal service/assemblers with questions and issues.
- Mentor junior staff on design excellence, from concept through production, reinforcing technical rigor, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to Double E engineering principles.
- Act as backup, when needed, to Electrical Controls Engineer responsibilities.
- Travel ~10% of the time for customer review, installation, and service.
About you - Mechanical Engineering degree, or sufficient work experience in Mechanical Design Engineering.
- Proficient in 3D CAD - ideally knowledgeable on Inventor.
- 5 - 10 years of industry experience.
- Deep understanding of fabrication methods (CNC machining, sand casting, injection molding etc...)
- Demonstrated ability to drive New Product development and design enhancements.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with an understanding of how engineering design and quality directly connect to revenue.
- Successful record of accomplishment of DFM (Designed for Manufacturing) compliance.
Bonus Points - Prior web handling and manufacturing converting industry experience.
- Deep understanding of electromechanical design and assembly.
