Generac

Staff Mechanical Engineer

Generac  •  Reno, NV (Onsite)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

Generac Clean Energy combines the speed and excitement of a technology startup with the resources and market power of an S&P 500 industry leader. Our careers offer boundless opportunity for energetic, mission-driven applicants who seek challenge and impact in a fast-paced culture of teaching, learning, and professional growth, developing solar+storage products and software for the clean energy revolution.

Join Generac Clean Energy as we drive to build energy solutions for a more resilient, sustainable world.

What You Will Be Doing

As a part of the mechanical group, you will be part of developing next generation clean energy solutions, accelerating our progress towards a sustainable energy future. You will play a leading role in the architecture, design, validation, and production of Generac’s clean energy products, with an emphasis on innovation, manufacturability, quality, reliability, and cost.

Technical Responsibilities

  • Developing mechanical components, modules, & assemblies for next gen BESS

  • Designing, prototyping, testing & validating products into production / sustaining

  • Collaborating with the design studio, hw engr, mfg engr, quality, operations

  • Delivering solutions optimized for form, function, quality, cost, and experience

  • Ensuring solutions are manufacturable, serviceable, and compliant

  • Mentoring engineers and helping build effective processes

  • Solving electronic integration challenges related to: Thermal management, Electrical isolation, Interconnects, EMI/EMC

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with strong fundamentals

  • Minimum 8 years of industry mechanical design experience

  • Experience leading multiple products from architecture into mass production

  • Experience selecting engineering materials for function, aesthetics, and compliance

  • Experience in design for manufacturability, and design for assembly

  • Experience with validation testing, product reliability, and failure analysis

  • Proficiency in 3D CAD (Solidworks preferred, others accepted)

  • Proficiency in 2D drafting, GD&T, and tolerance analysis

  • Experience in contract manufacturing, 6 sigma, inspection & measurement

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

  • Experience designing solutions for battery energy storage systems

  • Experience designing for automotive or NEMA/IP rated products

  • Experience with UL 9540A regulatory requirements and testing

  • Experience in rapid prototyping (3D printing, quick-turn mockups)

  • Experience with structural FEA and ability to perform simulations

  • Excellent written and oral communication with peers and leadership

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”

Generac

About Generac

Generac is the total energy solutions company powering a smarter world. We help free people to use energy on their own terms by giving them access to reliable energy that is also cleaner, more efficient and better managed.

We do this by making homes a sanctuary where people have reliable power so they can safely and comfortably work, learn and entertain. Around the world, our commercial and industrial solutions are trusted to power and support businesses and critical infrastructure to protect against the challenges of an aging power grid, increasingly severe weather and escalating energy demands and rising rates. 

As an industry pioneer, we are relentlessly focused on the future of energy management. We’re ushering in a new era of energy solutions where we are exploring new technologies, delivering connected solutions and protecting against increasing energy costs for consumers and commercial users.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Waukesha, WI
Year Founded
1959
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