Sr. Product Development Engineer

Job Title: Product Development Engineer

Job Description

Our diverse team of engineers come from all over the world to design, test, and build our dynamic fleet of robots and mechatronic systems. Having our offices, labs, test floors, and factories all co-located means that we can design the hardware, write the code, test, build, and watch it all come to life. This allows us to innovate quickly and on limitless ideas. Current advancements are underway in autonomous movement and mobility, artificial intelligence and machine learning, manipulation, simulation, robotic management software, predictive analytics, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Actively support and foster a culture of inclusion.
• Provide design for X guidance/feedback on electromechanical designs.
• Guide best practices on manufacturing tolerances using GD&T.
• Launch prototype tooling with accelerated schedules and assess project risk.
• Leverage knowledge of multiple production processes to identify risk to programs and provide mitigation strategies.
• Analyze new products' dimensional data.
• Drive internal and external DFMEA reviews.
• Solve technical problems across a broad set of design and manufacturing commodities.
• Mentor team members and design engineers.
• Propose design changes that will enhance product manufacturability and testability.
• Evaluate and approve Design Engineering Changes Orders (DECOs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Implement best practices for engineering standards (ex. IPC-620 WHMA Class II).
• Analyze NPI failures to identify root cause and drive improvements through future DFx cycles.
• Effectively write White Papers (WP) and Manufacturing Concept Papers (MCP) to inform and influence teams and stakeholders.
• Take ownership to identify issues/problems and drive them to completion with little oversight.
• Navigate projects consisting of a high level of ambiguity and provide guidance to multiple partners.
• Up to 30% travel required (domestic and international).

Essential Skills

• BSc/MSc in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or equivalent.
• Experience designing mechanical assemblies for electronics.
• Experience with rapid prototype and scaling for production.
• Experience with production tooling.
• Experience in project management.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and functional test procedures.
• 9 years of relevant industry experience in NPI with strong knowledge of manufacturing and scaling.
• Proficient in 3D modeling software (ex: Solidworks).

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production.
• Experience with the project management of technical projects.
• Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other relevant technical discipline.
• Proficient in GD&T.
• 7 years of product design and development experience.
• Dassault 3DExperience Enovia for PLM.
• Dassault 3DExperience Catia for 3D modeling and 2D drafting.
• Thermal simulation analysis using ANSYS IcePak and/or Siemens Star CCM.
• Mechanical stack-up analysis.
• Structural Load Analysis.
• Use of engineering project management software such as JIRA, Confluence, or other Agile tools.

Why Work Here?

Opportunity to work for the industry leading and one of the largest robotics programs in the world. They are on the cutting edge of technology in the space and are constantly innovating. This team also has massive reach impacting operations across the globe.

Work Environment

Onsite in North Reading or Westboro. Team members are encouraged to be highly independent; however, a strong support system is available to help any team members through problem-solving phases. We do travel to manufacturers and evaluate prototypes as they are being made during NPI phases.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of North Reading, Massachusetts.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $115.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in North Reading,MA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 7, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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