Systems Designer

Total Compensation and Benefits

• Pay rate is stated as $42.31–$58.17; the description does not specify a pay cadence.
• Eligible for an annual incentive bonus and stock purchase plan.
• Benefits include three weeks of vacation and healthcare benefits with a $600 healthcare spending account.
• Employee engagement events and development programs are offered.

Role Overview

Subject Matter Expertise

• Learn customer processes and become a local expert supporting design, integration, and verification of machines, tools, and systems.
• Prepare component- and system-level analyses, calculations, and studies covering structural integrity, functional capability, accuracy, pressure, flow, and heat transfer.
• Prepare or assist with FMEAs, Safety Risk Assessments, ALARA reports, installation and commissioning plans, operating sequences, storyboards, and manuals.

Requirements and Verification

• Assist in documenting design requirements and technical or functional specifications.
• Understand and flow down customer and industry requirements, including applicable codes and standards, to support machine compliance.
• Prepare vendor technical specifications and coordinate process-critical equipment, acceptance testing, and vendor-site buy-off.
• Use verification matrices to plan verification; review drawings and specifications and conduct or support analysis, simulations, and testing.
• Plan acceptance testing, prepare test plans, arrange fixtures and support equipment, and execute tests with customers.

Project Technical Leadership

• Prepare or support design plans and perform design activities in accordance with those plans.
• Solve problems and coordinate project engineering work; support system startup, integration, and buy-off.
• Lead or participate in design reviews with customers, vendors, and internal design groups.
• Lead or participate in technical risk mitigation, concept technical risk assessments, and proof-of-principle testing.
• Manage or support project technical risks and create mitigation plans.
• Work with process-critical vendors to ensure requirements, budget, and schedule are met.

Additional Responsibilities

• Assist with product improvements and first-of-a-kind innovations and help develop solutions to emerging technical problems.
• Coordinate technical information within the company and with customers; participate in customer meetings and resolve engineering or project issues.
• Learn and comply with applicable codes, standards, engineering practices, and company standards.
• Follow engineering processes and provide feedback for continuous improvement, including development of standards and procedures.

Requirements

• Learn customer processes and technical requirements and apply them to system design, integration, and verification.
• Understand and flow down customer and industry requirements, including applicable codes and standards.
• Evaluate engineering drawings and specifications and support requirements verification through analysis and testing.
• Prepare or assist with technical project documents, including risk assessments, plans, flowcharts, and manuals.
• Support project technical execution, coordination, and risk mitigation from design through launch.