Job Details
Job Summary
Midea America Corp. is one of the world s largest home appliance brands, offering the most comprehensive selection of products in the world to fully serve the needs of day-to-day living at home, at work, or anywhere else you go. In North America we strive to aim high, put the customer first, transform and innovate the marketplace, utilizing our commitment, dedication, inclusion and partnership with our teams. We are a global company with over 150,000 employees and operations in more than 195 countries. As a publicly listed company, we are also ranked #245 as a Fortune Global 500 company and offers one of the most comprehensive ranges in the home appliance industry. Midea America is a subsidiary of Midea with over 200 employees in the US and we are expanding our presence in North America.
The R&D Clothes Dryer design engineer/expert is responsible for the design, optimization, innovation and other related R&D activities of the drying product system or component. R&D engineer must maintain communication with the North American R&D team and the Chinese overseas R&D team. R&D Clothes Dryer engineer/expert must have strong mechanical system/subsystem-level design technical knowledge. Possess innovative thinking and innovative methods. Proficiency in using design software such as UG, Creo, Solidworks, or CAD.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- for the North American Clothes Dryer Research and Development projects, including mechanical component and structural design, dryer performance, feature development, collaboration, and the establishment of plan of actions and milestone tracking.
- for performance improvements for NA market, exceeding consumer expectations for drying clothes.
- involved with and provide expert level root cause analysis and develop both design and quality improvement projects-based field returns of NA Clothes Dryers.
- complete design and development of new product appearance parts and functional parts as required in support of Industrial Design projects for use in consumer research/insights.
- work to develop technology for intellectual property development for Clothes Dryers.
- work to make dryer test lab improvements and guide team on improved processes to ensure test lab reproducibility and repeatability.
- for collaboration of structural design and improvement changes of related parts for NA dryers.
- the field of mechanical technology, responsible for organizing technical research on key core technologies focusing on structural design and mechanical transmission.
- in research on related innovation projects and innovation methods.
- closely with the North American R&D team and the Chinese Overseas R&D team.
- participate in technical project reviews and innovation research projects.
- cooperation with various internal and external engineering teams to jointly carry out project work.
- with project managers and Laundry R&D team on multi-generational technical plan roadmaps.
- expert level of analysis on field returns and provide timely reports and updates to Overseas R&D team and North American Laundry Leadership.
- Projects working with universities on advanced development projects.
- projects and special tasks as needed.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Required/Preferred Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor s Degree in Mechanical Engineering; Masters preferred
- Experience:
- 15 years experience working as a design engineer.
- with UG, Creo, Solidworks, AutoCAD or other similar software.
Job Skills:
- hands on ability to prototype.
- Familiar with injection molding and metal fabrication.
- Good Communication skills both written and verbal.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Strong organizational skill and ability to prioritize tasks appropriately.
- A self-starter and self-disciplined in accomplishing tasks.
- Strong desire to learn with ability to be self-taught.
Midea America Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.