Design Engineer

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers' most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes."> Design Engineer-Senneca Holdings-Mankato, MN

Design Engineer

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers' most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes.

Mankato, MN

Senneca Holdings

Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.

Note: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.

https://senneca.com/

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Full Time

Overview: We are searching for a talented Design Engineer at our Mankato, MN facility to support engineering and design of our Aviation door systems. You will collaborate closely with our Project Managers, Sales, Operations and Engineering teams to develop door solutions for our customers as well as fabrication drawings for production, utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD software.  Projects may range from utilizing standard design templates to crafting custom solutions tailored to meet unique customer requirements. Entity of type com.vizirecruiter.common.domain.model.Label with id: 7159

Responsibilities:

• Create product models using SolidWorks 3D CAD software, utilizing standard templates, historical models, or creating solutions from the ground up.
• Prepare submittal drawings packages for customer approval.
• Generate production drawing packages for fabrication.
• Process engineering change order requests.
• Conduct engineering analysis of designs to ensure compliance with design criteria (including wind-loads, mechanical and structural requirements).
• Provide engineering support to operations during the manufacturing of the product.
• Provide engineering support to the Sales Team and customers.
• Perform daily inspections of products in fabrication.
• Create support documentation including specifications, product data sheets, and installation and operation instructions.
• Review sales orders, architectural drawings, structural drawings, and specifications to determine product requirements.
• Support R&D and product development initiatives. 

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Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; preferably Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or related Mechatronics fields.  An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Preferred 5+ years of engineering and design experience.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• Experience in providing engineering analysis and reports.
• Strong problem-solving and technical skills.
• Mathematical aptitude.
• Able to effectively locate, communicate, and document information.
• Proficiency in 3D Parametric software (SolidWorks, Inventor, CREO,).

Additional Skills/Attributes:

• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage expectations.
• Capacity to work independently.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to take responsibility for multiple projects to achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Electrical experience is a plus.
• Willingness to travel to project or test sites as necessary (2-5 domestic field visits per year).

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