Senior Product Development Engineer (Id:41936)

This exciting position is responsible for the design, development, and transition to production of consumer directed, trendy, innovative, cost-effective and reproducible designs of our client’s consumer products. The successful candidate will participate on cross-functional development teams for the purpose of ensuring high integrity designs through effective use of appropriate analytical tools. Company's core values include Integrity, Innovation, Passion, Customer Responsiveness, and Continuous Improvement. A hybrid work schedule is offered.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Managing projects will require influencing and communicating between departments
• Effectively interface with engineers, designers, technicians, manufacturing engineers, and suppliers to meet project deadlines
• Demonstrate five core values of Integrity, Customer Responsiveness, Innovation, Passionate Contribution & Empowerment and Continuous Improvement
• Participate in developing project plans, test plans (testing done on-site), and writing test reports; assist with creating, maintaining, and revising product project plans and effectively communicate project deadlines
• Provide new product training to Marketing, Customer Service, Sales and potentially others
• Create product documentation: 3D modeling of components and assemblies, manufacturing drawings, BOM’s and ECO’s
• Able to represent Company at trade shows, trade association and client meetings to promote products and services
• Design next generation, in demand, functional and manufacturable customer driven, innovative products
• Learn competitive and industry knowledge, understand competitors and their features, potentially attend trade shows, add value to company’s product capabilities
• Provide technical product support to customers
• Participate in and/or lead cross-functional teams for assigned product lines
• Responsible for assisting Marketing team members by providing leadership, guidance and education to both internal and external customers on product features, advantages and benefits stemming from the designs

Required Skills And Experience

• Mechanical aptitude
• Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering or related technical degree
• Effective project planning and execution skills; ability to multi-task and manage several projects at once
• 2+ years’ experience as a design engineer
• Ability to interpret standards, specifications, drawings
• 3D CAD work experience
• Must possess a high level of enthusiasm, strong integrity, excellent organizational and collaborative skills and provide technical problem solving

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consumer product design
• Experience with SolidWorks
• DFMEA and FEA experience
• UL, TUV and/or CE experience

Versique is a high-performance recruiting firm based in Minneapolis, MN specializing in interim solutions, direct hire, and executive leadership search. We believe people are the ultimate business advantage. Our experienced functional recruiting teams work within a variety of areas of expertise (HR, Finance & Accounting, Demand Generation, IT, and Engineering) and broad industries (Healthcare, Banking, Consumer Packaged Goods, Manufacturing, Private Equity, and Family-Owned). Voted as a “Star Tribune Best Places to Work” three years in a row by our employees, Versique is one of the largest and fastest growing staffing and recruiting firms in the Midwest. The Versique brand represents a powerful combination of “versatile” and “unique” as it hints at the concept of “search” in its pronunciation: ver-seek.

Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, among other factors.