Senior Design Engineer- New Product Development

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The New Product Development Team is integral to the success of defining and bringing innovative products to market. We are seeking an experienced and technically driven engineer to lead the definition, design, validation and implementation of embedded electromechanical systems for new products and features. Areas of skill and expertise commonly leveraged include embedded system architecture, controls development, electromechanical system design, wire harnessing best practices, and collaborative problem-solving with cross functional groups. As a Senior Design Engineer, you will apply advanced engineering, design, and product development practices to deliver best-in-class luxury appliances.

Continual growth and development are important aspects of this position. If you are motivated by solving complex problems, influencing product definition, and owning part designs through production, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of kitchen appliances.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate early-phase product definition by collaborating with project management, industrial design, user experience, compliance, reliability, manufacturing, quality, and service stakeholders to develop customer, business, and regulatory needs into clear system-level requirements and constraints.
• Work with internal and external teams to design, prototype, and implement embedded software, wire harnesses, electromechanical, and thermal subsystems into production-ready, mass-manufacturable products while meeting project deadlines.
• Evaluate designs through modeling, simulation, benchmarking, laboratory testing, and data analysis.
• Partner with manufacturing, suppliers, and regulatory teams to ensure system performance, safety, reliability, and cost targets are achieved.
• Present system architectures and design solutions for review by engineering peers, product teams, and leadership.
• Mentor engineers in design decisions, integration best practices, and structured problem-solving.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or better in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years: Relevant engineering experience
• 3+ years: Relevant software, hardware, and/or electromechanical design experience.
• Proficiency in Solidworks or related CAD software.
• Strong technical, written, oral, and team communication skills.
• Code capable in Python, C++ or similar.
• Applied creativity, proactive approach, and eagerness to overcome development efforts and provide effective/successful design solutions for new products.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Team and individual experience in approaching new, nuanced, large and/or long-term projects/problems/tasks requiring coordinated planning for success
• Wire harnessing and system integration.
• Electromechanical subsystem design.
• Proficiency in Solidworks Electrical schematic creation and 3D routing.
• Rapid prototyping
• Proof-of-concept and/or functional/feasible/testable implementation-of-concept.
• Quick-turn technologies and tools such as 3D Printing and/or other means of prototyping physical parts/assemblies.
• Circuit/PCB design/analysis.
• Embedded programming and/or "input/output" software development.
• Data capture and analysis.
• Cloud Computing or IoT implementation.

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• On-site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave
• Interested in learning more on our robust benefits package we offer? Click here!

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.

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