Company Generac Power Systems
Name Mechanical Design Engineer - Clean Energy
Req # 64136
Employment Type Full Time
Shift 1st
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 design, validation, and production of Generac's clean energy products, with an emphasis on innovation, manufacturability, quality, reliability, and cost.
Technical Responsibilities
As a Mechanical Design Engineer your responsibilities will include:
- Developing mechanical components and 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
- Sharing knowledge and contributing to processes development
- Solving electro-mechanical integration challenges
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field with strong fundamentals
- Minimum 2 years of industry mechanical design experience (excluding internships)
- Experience developing at least one product from prototype into mass production
- Knowledge of common engineering materials and primary uses
- Knowledge of design for manufacturability, and design for assembly
- Proficiency in 3D CAD (Solidworks preferred, others accepted)
- Proficiency in 2D drafting
- Knowledge in at least 2 common mass production processes:
- Stamping / Sheet metal / welding
- Textures & cosmetic part finishes
- Tooling & fixturing
- Injection molding
- CNC machining
- Extrusion
- Turning
- Casting
* Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
* Knowledge of GD&T & tolerance analysis
* Familiarity with mass production, 6 sigma, inspection & measurement
* Experience designing solutions for battery energy storage systems
* Experience designing for automotive or NEMA/IP rated products
* Experience with validation testing, product reliability, and failure analysis
* 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 verbal communication skills.