Senior Mechanical Engineer

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sensus

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Morrisville, NC
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    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 for the development and implementation of utility metering product mechanical hardware while protecting and interfacing with complex electronics and embedded systems to gas, water and electric meters, and AMI systems.  The position will be permanent and located in Morrisville, NC and will require periodic travel to other engineering facilities in Pennsylvania, as well as suppliers, and contract manufacturers.

    Sensus engineers have the opportunity to be part of a specialized development team involved with the following:

    • Development of mechanical devices, environmental packages, interfaces, and adapters used in rugged environments and in high volume electronic applications.
    • Develop measuring and communication devices for both water and gas applications, including both solid state and mechanical interfaces.
    • 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.

    Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

    The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the development and ongoing engineering support of the Sensus portfolio of metrology and AMI products that interface with water and gas metering products and systems. This position is responsible for developing and supporting new and existing designs that meet utility and industry requirements as well as internal requirements for cost effectiveness, accuracy, performance, and reliability.  Additionally, this position will:

     

    • Work within and/or lead the design engineering team in the development of new products from conceptualization through production launch. Ensure all aspects of the mechanical design meet performance, schedule, quality, and cost requirements.
    • Conduct design reviews and work within cross-functional teams including electrical, software, firmware, manufacturing, marketing, and supply chain.
    • Ensure the product design meets desired performance, regulatory and reliability requirements, with the use of engineering tools such as tolerance analysis, FEA, and 3D CAD modeling.
    • Generate system specifications, product requirements, mechanical component and assembly drawings, and manufacturing process requirements to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
    • Work with domestic and international manufacturing teams to implement DFA/DFM principles during development, creation, and/or implementation of assembly processes for new products and ongoing support for existing products.
    • Develop, conduct, and/or manage component and system level test plans to support new product development.
    • Assist Quality, Marketing, and System Test in approving tooling, alternate supplier qualification, and investigating and analyzing defective product returned from customers.
    • Assist system engineers and marketing program managers in making recommendations for solutions to specific metering applications.
    • Interface with various in house and third-party Automated Meter Reading (AMR) companies on the integration of their technology with the Sensus portfolio of metering products.
    • Have the ability to motivate and mentor engineers.

     Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

    • Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
    • At least 8 + years of experience with product design. Experience with rugged environmental and submersible enclosures, utility metering products, and sensor based products for high volume production preferred. 
    • Experience with electromagnetic flow meters and other solid state metrology methods and technologies.
    • Broad experience with part fabrication including injection molding, casting, machining, and stampings. Extensive knowledge of associated techniques and tools.
    • Familiarity with common product manufacturing processes such as hot plate welding, heat staking, ultrasonic welding, potting, and parylene coating.
    • Expert experience with 3D CAD modeling software and data management tools. Creo (Pro Engineer) and Windchill preferred. 
    • Experience with tolerance analysis and GD&T. FEA experience a plus.
    • Product testing and root cause analysis skills. Familiarity with regulatory agency requirements such as ANSI, AWWA, UL, and Intrinsic Safety a plus.
    • Ability and desire to work in a fast paced team environment where you will interface regularly with electrical, back-end software, firmware, and system test engineers on system level design development. 
    • Desire and ability to learn new tools, processes, and design techniques.  
    • Ability to evaluate and make recommendations on cost control, reliability and manufacturability issues, and to maintain aggressive development schedules.  
    • Excellent communications skills with the ability to convey technical concepts in business terms.

    Additional Information: 

    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

     

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