Senior Project Engineer (Plastic Design)

Rain Bird Corporation, based in Azusa, California is the world's leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. Since 1933, Rain Bird has offered broadest range of irrigation products for farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes in more than 130 countries around the globe.

* Conceive, justify, prioritize, and implement significant product design improvements to reduce prime cost through the use of alternate materials, part redesign or elimination, labor reduction, or other means. * Conceptualize, develop, and implement new product designs that will result in significant sales revenue and profit.

**Minimum Qualifications:** * BS Degree in an Engineering discipline (preference: Mechanical Engineering) * Excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of design, materials, solid mechanics and mechanism design. * Well organized, enthusiastic, high energy, results driven, solid work ethic. * Experience with CAE and CAD (SolidWorks preferred). * Competency and experience in developing low cost, high volume, high quality products. * Experience with conceptualization and implementation of cost reductions and quality improvements. * Ability to perform financial analysis and cost justifications. * Experience in managing large projects, identifying critical paths, and achieving both technical and schedule milestones. * Fundamental understanding of statistical process control. * Ability to work effectively in a team environment, both as a leader/facilitator and a participant. * Proven success as leader of a cross-functional team. * Strong English verbal and written communication skills. **Desired Qualifications:** * Advanced degree. * Experience with Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma, Lean, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Design of Experiments, and process capability studies. * Experience in plastic injection molding, spring manufacturing, ultrasonic or spin welding of plastics, and automatic assembly equipment. * Experience with Finite Element Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics. * Experience with irrigation products/industry. * Working knowledge of injection molded plastic component design and a basic knowledge of plastics processing and mold tool design. * Management experience with a history of increasing levels of responsibility. * Proficiency in Spanish.