Principal Engineer - North American Innovation Center

Essex Furukawa strives to push the boundaries of what is possible by creating magnet wire solutions that enable our customers' innovations and exceed expectations. We aim to provide the various markets with products and services needed to flourish, and in turn, help our partners thrive. Partner to some of the world's leading electric vehicle, component, and infrastructure manufacturers for over a century.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal Engineer to add to our MagForceX® Innovation Center engineering team. This role will support new and ongoing projects for our magnet wire production facilities.
Essential Functions/Duties:

• Apply sound engineering principles and methods to design and develop state of the art magnet wire products, production processes, and equipment to improve quality, efficiency and cost.
• Hands-on technical leadership of design and execution of magnet wire product, process, and production equipment technology.
• Scope of development includes creation of intellectual property which provides a distinct competitive advantage over commercially available equipment.
• Interface with Innovation Team to provide knowledge and develop products, equipment technology, and processes for the introduction and evaluation of new/modified products.
• Responsible for development and implementation of equipment and processes to meet or exceed the requirements of current and future customer applications.
• Provide technical support for new equipment evaluation, assist with the installation, startup, training, and product launch phases.
• Evaluate prototype equipment, document performance, and recommend modifications.

REQUIRED knowledge/skills/abilities and other minimum qualifications:

• BS degree in an engineering discipline required.
• Ten (10) or more years of design, R&D, or process engineering experience.
• Possess a demonstrated understanding of the following areas: material properties, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical process control.
• Possess demonstrated ability with analytical skills: methodically investigate problems, organize logical experimental trials, document data, and present results.
• Possess "hands-on" experience with equipment evaluation and process experimentation.
• Travel up to 30% required
• Strong PC skills required
• Strong statistical background.

Additional Qualifications

• History of developing and implementing new equipment, processes, and procedures.
• Highly developed written and oral communication.
• Experience working in an innovation environment.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills.
• Possess the demonstrated ability to recognize and apply theoretical concepts to real world applications.
• Five (5) or more years of experience in wire and cable manufacturing, polymer materials, or similar experience in the coatings industry.
• MS in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering with a strong concentration in material science, heat transfer, or thermodynamics preferred.
• Certification or proven practical experience with Design for Lean Six Sigma.
• Project Management Experience, PMP preferred.
• FEA/CFD experience preferred.
• APQP experience preferred.