Front End Innovation Engineer
INNOVATE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the bookends of our success. Our employees work with a passion to never settle and always improve, enabling us to push the status quo and change the lives of our users.
Our Engineering Team is responsible for creating innovative solutions that address the unmet needs of our customers. We do this through increasing our users’ productivity by integrating new technologies and methodologies to deliver new-to-world products and product enhancements. We work together with our users through observation, interviews, and field research, making them part of the solution process. Our team defines critical benefits to our end users, constructs prototypes, and evaluates product designs considering unmet user needs, durability, materials, and manufacturing processes. Working cross functionally, we perform a wide variety of engineering and design tasks including translating user observations to insights, employing proven ideation techniques, 3D modeling and mathematical simulation, and rapid prototype development.
Behind our doors you’ll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to design and develop the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you’ll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.
The TOOLS you’ll need to have:
Design, develop, and validate new products through the front end of the development process from kick off, through ideation, to preparing a product for kickoff into production.
Participate in field research to define and develop CTQs, critical to quality attributes for a conceptual design.
Conceptualize designs to meet customer and commercial requirements.
Facilitate project flow involving regular contact with marketing, reliability, manufacturing and other cross-functional team members.
Interact with suppliers to develop part/product/ specifications that meet performance and commercial requirements while falling within process capabilities.
Evaluate product design relative to material selection, cost and reliability, and manufacturing capability.
Perform a wide variety of calculations and software aided analyses in the following areas:
Mechanical stress analysis
Material and heat treatment selection
Tolerance and fit analyses
Statics, dynamics, and a variety of machine element design
Independently develop, write and analyze test requests with the MET Test Laboratory.
Work as a technical resource to troubleshoot problems with manufacturing teams and suppliers.
What TOOLS you’ll bring with you:
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, and Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Continuously developing Mechanical aptitude is required including a broad knowledge of engineering materials, mechanical properties and an understanding of the manufacturing processes associated with these materials.
Computer skills needed include Microsoft Office Tools and Unigraphics (NX8.5).
Excellent problem-solving skills
Hands-on attitude
High interest in tools of trade
Ability to work in a cross-functional team
Ability to travel 10% of the time (domestic and international).
Our Perks and Benefits:
Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
Generous 401 (K) savings plan
Education assistance
On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
And many more, check out our benefits site HERE
