Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.
Graco is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of highly-engineered systems for numerous industrial and commercial applications. This position supports our Electric Motors Division (EMD) in Minneapolis, MN and Electric Torque Machines (ETM) business in Flagstaff, Arizona. ETM’s Transverse Flux Motor technology delivers unmatched torque density in a compact, efficient package. Through our tailored approach to motor and inverter design, we’re electrifying systems such as vehicle powertrains, pumps, fans and material handling.
Job Purpose
To support design, development, and standard product support for products utilizing transverse flux motor technology. Position involves providing ideas, inputs and analysis as an engineering staff member.
Essential Duties
- Perform Engineering tasks in the development of new products and cost reduction.
- Participate in development of Product Specification
- Produce conceptual designs
- Guide development process to produce practical designs
- Create detailed design drawings
- Identify applicable standards
- Provide analysis of design to applicable standards
- Provide analysis of design using engineering analysis tools and techniques (e.g., Finite Element Analysis)
- Review instruction manuals and product literature
- Define and lead prototype development and lab and field tests
- Work with manufacturing on process development
- Conduct design reviews, safety reviews
- Participate in new product development as a member of a design team by:
- Identification and communication of threats to schedule
- Participation in release-for-sale activities
- Working effectively in a team environment
- Assist in standard product support activities, such as:
- Analyzing and writing Engineering Change Orders
- Troubleshooting product problems in manufacturing, lab or field
- Learn, participate in development, and apply knowledge of:
- Developments in technical field to maintain technical knowledge
- Graco product line
- Operational systems
- Graco and industry design standards
- Graco Quality Management System
- Graco customer applications and requirements
- Emerging trends in our customers' markets
- Other duties as assigned
Position Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited institution or equivalent.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Good mechanical aptitude with ability to be an effective contributor to product development or standard product support activities.
- 0-1 years of experience in new product development with demonstrated ability to produce results.
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Power to Be
At Graco, the Power to Be means providing the support, resources and freedom to pave your own way. Bring your unique attributes to the table, along with a commitment to being your best self, and you can be a part of a culture that rewards effort, celebrates uniqueness, and gives you the tools you need to succeed and become your best, fullest self along the way. Our culture empowers employees to chart their own career path. Our managers provide support and opportunities while offering freedom for employees to find their own Power to Be. Whether you decide to move up within the same department or expand to another cross-functional group, you will gain the well-rounded experience to succeed on your own terms.
Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of a fast-moving, growing company that is committed to quality, innovation and solving fluid handling problems for our customers. Graco is proud to be named a Best Place to Work by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022. Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and career development opportunities. Graco’s comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more.
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