Harley-Davidson Motor Company is seeking an Associate Design Engineer - Fuel Systems to join their Product Development Center in Wauwatosa, WI. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and optimize fuel system components while ensuring they meet performance and manufacturability standards.
Responsibilities
- Design, optimize, integrate, and deliver robust component/system designs from concept to production that optimize stakeholder needs
- Create CAD models, large virtual assemblies and detailed drawings / PRDs utilizing techniques within Creo Parametric software
- Own detailed project plans for requirement setting, part development and procurement, test planning and testing
- Leverage analytical methods and test data to help optimize systems and components for cost, weight and quality improvements
- Verify system performance to H-D standards, approve supplier validation, and work with test and verification entities to ensure systems meet or exceed targets
- Develop designs through technical development and integration with domestic and international suppliers
- Support production plants through issue resolution and regulatory compliance activities
- Resolve technical issues by applying problem-solving techniques and facilitating cross-functional engineering & test support as needed
- Support a Continuous Improvement culture by providing project and part knowledge to enable guideline and specification development
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical Degree
- Limited / no professional experience is expected (Associate Design Engineer)
- Understanding of fundamental physics and usage of tools to improve and optimize designs
- Success in directly using 3D CAD to develop robust component designs, utilizing engineering calculations, analysis/simulation, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups and other tools
- Understanding of Design for Assembly and Design for Manufacturing at component level
- Success in solving challenging technical problems with innovative solutions in a team environment
- Ability to communicate technical subjects in a clear, concise manner to multiple levels of the organization
- Success in directly or indirectly leading a team to accomplish technical, quality and timing commitments
- Motorcycle rider or desire to learn is appreciated
- Related co-op or intern experience is preferred
Benefits
- Annual bonus programs
- Health insurance benefits
- A 401k program
- Onsite fitness centers
- Employee stores
- Employee discounts on products and accessories
Company Overview
In 1903, out of a small shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four young men lit a cultural wildfire that would grow and spread across geographies and generations. It was founded in 1903, and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.harley-davidson.com.