About the position
The Principal Systems Engineer - Machine Integration Lead (MIL) leads the engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products on new product development and large-scale lifecycle management efforts at Tennant. This position primarily works as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team to design and develop innovative electro-mechanical machines that meet requirements for performance, quality, product cost, and project timelines. Additionally, this role leads and contributes to technical product strategy development including: product platform and architecture development, product simplification improvements, technology and innovation concept development, product & technology roadmap inputs, and project strategy phase execution.
Responsibilities
- Leads engineering development activities for mobile cleaning equipment products.
- Works as the Engineering Lead on a cross-functional team.
- Designs and develops innovative electro-mechanical machines.
- Leads and contributes to technical product strategy development.
- Manages technical aspects of multiple system integration.
- Creates new concepts for machine architectures and sub-system platforming plans.
- Establishes machine level performance specifications.
- Prepares preliminary layouts, models, sketches and/or schematic diagrams.
- Determines nature and type of electronic models and detail drawings required.
- Leads and mentors junior engineers and designers.
- Collaborates closely with machine and subsystem teams.
- Establishes machine and subsystem development plans and schedules.
- Leads and participates in formal/informal design reviews.
- Plans and executes prototype builds.
- Leads the production launch and implementation of product designs.
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical, Systems Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent from an ABET accredited four-year college or university.
- MS in Systems or Mechanical Engineering preferred.
- 10+ years of new product development experience.
- Strong project planning/management experiences.
- Experience in electric vehicle and/or autonomous vehicle development preferred.
- Strong technical background with machine & system integration experiences.
- Demonstrated experience in whole product-level systems requirements development.
- Experience with problem solving processes, tools and techniques.
- Experience with issue-tracking systems (JIRA, Confluence etc.) a plus.
- Background in product development certification processes for regulatory and third-party certifications.
- General knowledge in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) practices/tools a plus.
- INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) a plus.
Nice-to-haves
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Experience with problem solving methodologies including 8D, Six Sigma / DMAIC.
- Experience in applying MBSE to the full engineering lifecycle.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Profit sharing
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Voluntary benefits
