Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water, electric and gas utilities. The Company’s more than 16,500 employees bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers – from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses – do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

THE ROLE: Sensus, a Xylem brand, seeks to hire a Senior Mechanical Engineer. The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the development and ongoing engineering support of the Sensus portfolio of Electric meters. This position provides designs that meet utility and industry requirements as well as internal requirements for cost effectiveness, accuracy, functionality, performance, and reliability.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development of solid state Electric meters assemblies for use in rugged environments and manufacturing in high volumes (> 1 million units per year).
• Developing the building blocks, tools and methods for new core features and functionality for future products. 
• Participate in the selection and implementation of new materials, methods and processes for the enhancement of existing and new products.
• Be responsible for the design, documentation, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of products, manufacturing and engineering tools and systems as required.
• Responsible for simple, elegant, low cost designs but at the same time must be very robust and designed for high volume manufacturing.
• Responsible for assuring mechanical design compliance with all applicable ANSI, UL and Measurement Canada requirements. Responsible for supporting the agency testing for compliance to these standards.
• Develop and work with the design engineering team on projects, leading the mechanical and environmental designs and assisting with design calculations, FAE and other structural and ergonomic factors.
• Assist System Test, Quality Assurance and Marketing in investigating and analyzing defective product returned from customers.
• Assist Manufacturing in troubleshooting manufacturing related problems.
• Assist system engineers and marketing program managers in making recommendations for solutions to specific metering applications.
• Ensure all of aspects of mechanical design and development including schedule adherence, cost, and performance/quality of the end product.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, LICENSE/CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent Experience
• At least 7+ years design experience with rugged environmental or submersible enclosures.
• Perfer at least 2 years of experience with utility metering products or experience in developing sensor based products for high volume production.
• Broad plastic injection molding experience and extensive knowledge of plastic molding techniques and tools. 
• Experience designing products for high volume production (> 1 million units per year).
• Ability and desire to work in a fast paced team environment where you will interface regularly with electrical, firmware and system test engineers on system level design development. 
• Ability to evaluate and make recommendation on cost control, reliability and manufacturability issues and maintain aggressive development schedules.  
• Expert experience with ProE is required. 
• Experience with mold flow analysis tools a plus.
• Excellent testing and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to convey technical concepts in business terms
• The ability to work with cross functional teams to create a fully functional system

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Light lifting (20-25 lbs.), office environment
• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Office: Standard office equipment; work usually performed in an office setting free from any disagreeable elements.
• Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours

EOE/FEMALES/MINORITIES/PROTECTED VETERANS/DISABLED