Design Engineer - Mechanical at Mueller Water Products in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Job Description:

Job Summary:



The Design Engineer is accountable for assuring all new products are designed to meet the performance requirements, pertinent regulatory, and applicable codes & standards. This position will design, test, and support the implementation of Mueller's new products in a cross functional setting.



Primary Responsibilities:

• Support and begin to assume leadership over design teams in a collaborative environment, working with other departments to develop and launch new products.


• Support and begin to lead design teams in building relationships with business partners internal to the group/department and both internal and external to the company.


• Understand the requirements of customers, product management, regulatory, codes, standards, manufacturing, and quality.
  
  
  • Support and begin to lead the review of marketing requirements.
  
  
  • Support and begin to lead creation of project technical specifications and charter documents.
  
  
  
  


• Develop designs that meet project marketing requirements, technical specifications, and charter documents.


• Work with more experienced staff and begin to lead a design or component in planning, design, prototype procurement, testing, and documentation, iterating as required through the Mueller phase gate system to develop new products.


• Contribute to and begin to lead component level design failure mode and effect analysis (DFMEA) sessions with cross functional teams.


• Support and begin to lead cross-functional design team to develop high quality design documentation, in the form of test reports, drawings, and various analyses.


• Investigate and resolve design performance characteristics deviations via root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify and implement effective corrective actions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field


• 1+ years of experience in Mechanical design using CREO or Solidworks or equivalent CAD software


• Competent communication, presentation, and leadership skills


• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment


• Well-developed design, technical, and analytical skills


• Competent knowledge of casting, machine, and painting processes.


• Competent knowledge of testing methodologies, testing processes, and standards.


• Competent knowledge of DFMEAs and root cause analysis.

Preferred:

• GD&T knowledge


• Mechanical FEA and/or CFD experience


• Introductory knowledge of six sigma (Yellow/Green Belt)


• PMP certification


• FE/EIT


• Master Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field

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