**Candidates must be located in the Twin Cities, MN area**

Purpose and Scope of Position

Mechanical design and project leadership for development of automated machinery.

Primary Responsibilities

• Write mechanical component and system specifications to support product concept development.
• Lead and perform mechanical design engineering for subsystems and full automated manufacturing machines.
• Create engineering drawings utilizing Viking Engineering standards.
• Monitor and manage design release activities to ensure on-time releases.
• Lead moderately sized product development projects utilizing the Viking Product Development Process.
• Write machine validation plans for new products or features.
• Lead or assist in establishment of engineering standards.
• Lead and perform technical problem solving.
• Contribute to machine safety risk assessment and mitigation.
• Mentor and guide team members as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Capabilities

• Mechanical design engineering.
• Proficient in Solidworks modeling software.
• Understand mathematical modeling of motion dynamics.
• Understand and conform to applicable codes and standards: Viking standards, customer specifications, UL, NFPA, OSHA.
• Adhere to, support and promote the Viking vision and culture statements.
• Demonstrate professional, respectful interaction with other team members.
• Accurately and professionally represent Viking to customers and vendors.
• Microsoft project and excel proficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 1 years of product development project leadership.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Disciplined diagnostic and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with a variety of people both verbally and in writing, including presentation skills.

• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle and/or feel.
• Regularly talk and/or hear.
• Occasionally stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus as needed.
• The employee's work environment is generally quiet.
• A portion of the job duties for this position are performed using a computer, and requires work on the production floor from time to time.