Overview

Stress Engineering Services, Inc. (SES) is the premier provider of engineered solutions and professional consulting services across a wide range of engineering disciplines. Since 1972, our clients have benefited from our special in-depth technical knowledge and proven performance in failure analysis, solid mechanics and structural design, reliability and predictive engineering, instrumentation and testing, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, floating systems, forensics, and material science. We maintain an excellent reputation within the industries we serve, with more than 80% of our current business from repeat clients or direct referrals.

Opportunity

As a Senior Development Engineer for SES and Force-4 (SES’s product development team) you will be responsible for providing leadership to other team members, executing, and managing the development process based on client’s needs and project ownership when it comes to component cost and timing. You will work in a collaborative environment with talented team members to design, prototype, test and launch products as well as equipment into production.

Candidate must be able to work independently as well as with a team, while being able to identify where and when more expertise is needed. The position requires a person with a strong cooperative spirit and ability and willingness to help develop this market service.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional project team through all phases of the product development process.
• Includes planning and executing elements of projects from concept through launch including initial production ramp-up.
• Support and/or lead product changes after launch, based on defined needs of the business and/or client.
• Works closely with other members of the team and external suppliers to develop products with a focus on safety, quality, manufacturability, and assembly.
• Provide a high level of subject matter expertise to the organization across multiple fields including plastics, metals, Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Collaborate with team to develop and execute accurate design and product validation test plans.
• Lead aspects of project management including scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, and contingency planning.
• Responsible for accomplishing work using outside resources (e.g., consultants, contractors, design suppliers) when necessary.
• Mentor and lead our junior engineering staff through design and development activities.
• Facilitate and lead engagement activities with client to establish development activities including component sourcing and design.
• Support continuous improvement activities as needed.
• Identify market opportunities that enable SES to deliver significant value to customers by integrating our service offerings.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology(from an ABET accredited school) with 10 years of experience or MS in Mechanical Engineering (from an ABET accredited school) with 5 years of experience required
• Medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry experience required
• Fundamentals in first principal mechanics knowledge is required
• Excellent organization and project management skills are a must
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have a collaborative, team player personality
• Desire to mentor young engineers
• Desire for entrepreneurial spirit
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship or need for future sponsorship (required)
• Ability to travel as it related to client and project success (< 20%)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge with all phases of the design control and validation processes preferred
• Versed in several design software packages, SolidWorks preferred
• Experience in design for and utilizing rapid prototyping
• Experience leading teams in different technical areas
• Working understanding of engineering methods and theory
• Familiarity with FDA and ISO 13485 regulations
• Data analysis experience preferred (Minitab, JMP, R, Python)
• Knowledge of and experience with GD&T preferred
• Six Sigma/Black Belt