The role
The work divides roughly evenly between customer-facing engineering and product design. You will be the technical contact for customer inquiries and will carry out the design and analysis work that follows from them.
New product development runs in two directions: custom work against specific customer requirements, and development and improvement of the standard catalog products. You will do both.
Responsibilities
- Handle incoming customer inquiries and technical questions, and determine whether a standard product fits or a custom solution is required.
- Manage customer accounts and serve as the technical point of contact through the life of the
- Develop new custom products against specific customer requirements, balancing performance, size, manufacturability and cost.
- Develop and improve standard catalog products, including new additions to the product
- Design in SolidWorks or equivalent: thermoelectric modules, heat sinks and shrouds, fans and air movers, fluid loops, enclosures, wiring and connections.
- Model product performance across the range of environments a customer will operate in. Our analysis tools are Excel-based, and you will build and extend
- Quote and cost new work based on materials, expected labor and build
- Perform periodic product updates and design
- Develop, build and use test equipment to validate designs and verify
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum 10 years of modeling and product design experience, on products that went to
- Proficiency in SolidWorks or an equivalent 30 CAD
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, including macro programming. Our performance modeling is spreadsheet-based and is used daily.
- Comfort working directly with customers' engineers on technical requirements and
- S. Person status as defined under ITAR. Some of our work is export controlled.
- Willingness to work onsite in Traverse
Preferred
These are not required. A strong product design background matters more than prior experience in our specific field.
- Background in heat transfer, thermal management or
- Prior thermoelectric or Peltier
- Experience in low-to-medium volume custom
- Work within an ISO 9001 quality
- Test and instrumentation experience, including fixture design and data
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- We contribute via a Safe Harbor plan - no contribution on your part is required
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift (8:00am - 5:00pm)
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus pay
- We pay bi-annual bonuses based on individual reviews
- We also pay quarterly bonuses based on company-wide performance metrics
