SUMMARY: Westell is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to join our product design team in its Aurora, Illinois headquarters. This position will be responsible to design, develop, document, test and debug products – from concept to engineering release - involving all Westell product lines including our outside plant cabinet, cabinet system integration, IBW, and ISM product lines. You’ll be responsible for the entire mechanical product design and will need to collaborate with other mechanical, electrical, system or software engineers in the planning, design, and development of a variety of end products The position is full-time and onsite in Aurora.
The ideal candidate will have proven cross-functional team experience working with local and remote teams. The candidate will develop significant new products and see their new products come to market.
Join a company where you can be a product development leader and not just one of the crowd.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Mechanical engineering leadership in cross functional development teams
- Define, design, and launch new products
- Work with customers to develop products that meet their needs
- Provide leadership in supporting products for the entire product life cycle
- Identify new technologies and technical partners to successfully bring products to market
- Productize designs developed internally or externally (including generating bills of materials, part specifications, test specifications, fabrication drawings, etc.)
- Direct testing and evaluation of internally and externally developed designs/products
- Generation of technical documentation including requirements and test specifications
- Act as a product expert providing technical support for sales and marketing activities
- Evaluate existing designs for performance cost and quality improvements
- Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
- 5+ years of applied mechanical design skills
- Sheet metal, plastics, and printed circuit board design for electro-mechanical products
- Experience with mechanical CAD, SolidWorks a plus
- Experience with PDM and BOM management, Agile PLM a plus
- CFD simulation tool experience a plus
- 3+ years of experience working with worldwide suppliers
- Strong communication and leadership skills working in cross functional teams
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Owns NP design / test/ documentation
- Achieve NP Design Goals & Milestones
- Execute NPD Process for all designs
- Research / identify new technologies
- Existing Product Support
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Required to sit, stand, bend and walk regularly; lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Visual and auditory ability sufficient for written and verbal communication.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Salary: $90,000 - $100,000 annually
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