Senior Staff Designer

Job Title: Senior Staff Designer

FLSA: Exempt

Reports To: Engineering Manager / Engineering Team Lead

Job Category (EEO Description): Professionals

SUMMARY: The Senior Staff Designer leads the design and development of complex mechanical, industrial, or product systems within a manufacturing environment. This role combines advanced technical expertise with creative problem-solving to translate engineering requirements and production goals into practical, high-performance designs. They collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including engineering, production, quality, and supply chain—to ensure manufacturability, cost efficiency, and compliance with safety and industry standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: other duties will be assigned in a progressive manner.

• Designs and documents mechanical and electromechanical products and systems.

• Optimizes designs for efficient, high-volume production, considering assembly processes, tooling requirements, and cost-effective manufacturing techniques.

• Applies advanced problem-solving methodologies to complex technical challenges encountered during design development process.

• Develops CAD models and drafts design concepts in support of assigned engineering activities.

• Experience with GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) for defining critical features and tolerances for manufacturing.

• Performs tolerance stacks as required to ensure robust designs are finalized.

• Reviews materials required for cost effectiveness and suitability for designs.

• Creates full drawing packages for prototype and production designs.

• Responsible for initiating and facilitating detailed design reviews and other meetings as necessary to support the engineering activities requirements.

• Assures the design is robust, meets cost targets, meets customer specifications, and is supported with engineering justification documentation.

• Responsible for on time release of designs and paperwork (BOM, Engineering Drawings, etc.).

• Ensure drawing package for products meets customer and functional design requirements.

• Develop necessary DV and PV validation plans and initiate test lab requests.

• Writes and submits for approval Engineering Releases for new products.

• Initiates and implements Engineering Changes for existing designs.

• Updates ERP system to ensure BOM and Revisions on drawings and ERP system are in sync.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Experience in field / related field, and/or a combination of education and experience. Preferred technical skills: Professional experience and proficiency in the use of PTC Creo 3D modeling and 2D drawing creation, knowledge of ASME y14.5 drawing standards with Geometric Tolerancing, MS-Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), experience with analysis software tools, FEA Creo Simulate, Ansys, Abaqus), CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), knowledge of materials science and their effects on design, proficiency in sheet metal design, proficiency in designing injection molded parts.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Individual Contributor

QUALITY RESPONSIBILITIES: In daily work, a team member is responsible for maintaining or exceeding the degree of excellence requested by the internal and external customers of this department. This includes following ISO 9001 & 14001 policies, procedures and work instructions, using problem-solving techniques to solve root causes of problems, and viewing quality as customer satisfaction. Shaw Development expects all team members to take pride in a job well done the first time.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Strategic Skills

o Functional and Technical Skills

o Decision Quality

o Problem Solving

Operating Skills

o Timely Decision Making

o Planning / Organizing

o Informing

Courage

o Conflict Management

o Command Skills

Energy and Drive

o Drive for Results

Personal and Interpersonal Skills

o Ethics and Values

o Integrity and Trust

o Listening

o Patience

o Understanding Others (groups)

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: See education and experience preferences.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively with customers and other team members.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear. The team member frequently is required to walk and sit. The team member is occasionally required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and use hands to fingers to write, operate a computer keyboard, mouse and telephone keypad. The team member must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, and distance vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Promote a working environment that provides for a clean, orderly and safe facility for ALL team members so that we may perform, develop and exceed the contributor status. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The team member is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

TRAVEL: Up to 5%

An Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disability

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