Principal Systems Engineer - Machine Integration Lead

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Principal Systems Engineer – Machine Integration Lead

The Principal Systems Engineer – Machine Integration Lead (MIL) leads the engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products on new product development and large-scale lifecycle management efforts at Tennant. This position primarily works as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team to design and develop innovative electro-mechanical machines that meet requirements for performance, quality, product cost, and project timelines. Additionally, this role leads and contributes to technical product strategy development including: product platform and architecture development, product simplification improvements, technology and innovation concept development, product & technology roadmap inputs, and project strategy phase execution.

Required Skills

• Engineering project leadership with excellent project planning & organization
• In-depth understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model and its application in the development of complex electro-mechanical systems
• System requirements development & decomposition, maintenance, & use of requirements tools (such as Visure, Jama, DOORS, etc.)
• Electro-Mechanical Systems Architecting, Concept Ideation & Downselection, & Product Design
• Expertise in Verification & Validation (V&V) techniques and methodologies and Design Verification Planning (DVP)
• Risk Management techniques and methodologies including FMEA (Failure Mode Effects and Analysis), Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA)
• Broad technical knowledge of other product design techniques and methodologies including DFA/M (Design for Manufacturability/Assembly), Dimensional tolerance analysis & definition
• Problem Solving Methodologies including 8D, Ishikawa Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys
• Self-starter, able to successfully manage ambiguous design tasks.
• Ability to identify & influence model development work for predicting system performance based on engineering principles.
• Proficiency in CAD required (SolidWorks preferred)
• Data based decision making / statistical analysis.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to develop engineering standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective multi-mode communications in presenting information to a variety of internal and external audiences.
  
  

Required Experience

• BS in Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET accredited four-year college or university.
• MS in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• 10 years of new product development experience, with project leadership experiences strongly preferred.
• Strong project planning / management experiences. Project Management Professional (PMP) a plus.
• Experience in electric vehicle &/or autonomous vehicle development preferred
• Strong technical background, with machine & system integration experiences on complex electro-mechanical systems, ideally on electric vehicle architectures, systems, & subsystems
• Demonstrated experience in whole product-level systems requirements development, management, & architecture definition
• Experience with problem solving processes, tools and techniques (8D, Six Sigma / DMAIC, root cause analysis tools- DFMEA, 5-why, fishbone etc.).
• Experience with issue-tracking systems (JIRA, Confluence etc.) a plus
• Background in product development certification processes for regulatory and third-party certifications to obtain CE marking, UL marking, and compliance with applicable safety standards such as IEC/UL 60335-1, IEC/UL 60335-2-72, UL-583, UL-558, IEC 63327
• General knowledge in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) practices/tools (such as SysML modeling) and experience in applying it to the full engineering lifecycle a plus
• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) a plus
  
  

Additionally, This Role

• Manages technical aspects of multiple system integration
• Creates new concepts for machine architectures and sub-system platforming plans to meet machine level performance specifications.
• Establishes machine level performance specifications to meet customer needs and plans for evolution of these specifications over time.
• Prepares preliminary layouts, models, sketches and/or schematic diagrams to aid in the understanding and solution of engineering problems.
• Determines nature and type of electronic models, detail drawings, and analysis required for assigned subsystems and supervises their completion through the development cycle.
• Leads and mentors junior engineers and designers throughout the development cycle.
• Leverages laboratory and field test data to understand and manage design trade-offs.
• Collaborates closely with and leads the machine and subsystem teams to achieve program goals.
• Leads a team to create designs, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Establishes machine and subsystem development plans and schedules from concept to production implementation within overall business requirements. Tracks and reports progress to the cross-functional program leaders and engineering management.
• Leads and participates in formal/informal design reviews.
• Plans and executes prototype builds at the machine and subsystem level.
• Leads the production launch and implementation of product and subsystem designs.
  
  

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $111,400 - 172,300 Annualized

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.

Total Compensation = Base Salary Benefits

Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits!

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