Daifuku

ILUS - Sr. Product Development Engineer

Daifuku  •  Grand Rapids, MI (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

About UsDaifuku Intralogistics America Corporation is a leading provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in-house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs a full spectrum of intralogistics solutions to meet client needs. These include leading-edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice- and light-directed order fulfillment equipment, a suite of warehouse controls & execution software, robotics, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), mezzanines, and structures, all backed by critical round-the-clock service and support.If you want to join a team of industry leading experts who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

Leads development of new product designs for automated material handling systems. Works on medium and large projects. Leads work teams, oversees the work of others, and mentors less senior team members.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

  • Creates product designs that are manufacturable, scalable, consistent, competive, and desireable to Wynright's customers
  • Performs diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making
  • Ensures that new products are safe, reliable and easy to maintain
  • Follows engineering standards and uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
  • Partners with the design team, internal customers, manufacturing, quality control, purchasing, and outside vendors to develop new solutions
  • Maintains a progress schedule that meets project milestones
  • Performs on-site testing and verification
  • Travels up to 20%
  • Conceives, develops, engineers, prototypes, tests, and revises products designs
  • Analyzes data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
  • Developes and executes test plans for concepts and prototypes
  • Selects appropriate and cost-effective purchased parts
  • Performs engineering calculations to ensure robust designs, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
  • Works with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve development and design issues
  • Participates in new product scope specification
  • Reviews product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements and specifications
  • Leads work teams, oversees the work of other team members, and mentors less-senior team members

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, preferably Mechanical, Industrial, or Product Development, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 6 years of Material Handling-related experience
  • Experience designing conveyor, sortation, or automation equipment is required
  • Experience designing parts or equipment for volume manufacturing is required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements

  • Experienced with SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD and 2D AutoCAD
  • Experienced with MS Office including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project, Teams, etc.

Benefit Information

  • Many great benefits to include Health/Vision/Dental/401k with match/Pet Insurance
  • FSA/HSA
  • Employee Assistance Program

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/VeteransFederal Contractor

If you need assistance applying to an open position online, please email HR-ILUS@daifukuna.com

Daifuku

About Daifuku

Since its founding in 1937, Daifuku has been providing customers worldwide with optimal and best solutions to enhance their global competitiveness, as a comprehensive material handling system manufacturer and integrator.

Material handling systems have attracted attention in recent years as a key component of social infrastructure that addresses social issues such as labor shortages and productivity bottlenecks. The emergence of new products and services gives rise to new consumer needs and a fresh sense of value, which in turn significantly transforms the structure of product sales channels and logistics. By leveraging our technology and expertise cultivated over many years, we will respond to the diversified and sophisticated logistical requirements of customers.

Daifuku Group accounts

India: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diipl/

USA: https://www.linkedin.com/company/daifuku-north-america/

Oceania: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bcs-group/

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Osaka, JP
Year Founded
1937
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