Mechanical Engineer II

At Core Health & Fitness, our purpose is to live and share our passion for fitness. We bring innovative health and fitness solutions to the global market with brands like StairMaster, Schwinn, Nautilus, Star Trac, Throwdown, Wexer, and were still growing. We press into the future of fitness to ensure the creation of quality products and programming that meet the needs of an ever-evolving industry.

At Core we are committed to building an energetic, diverse, and inclusive workspace. We value our differences and see community strength in diversity and representation. Were always on the lookout for innovators, dreamers and doers who are passionate about fitness and wellbeing. We explore all opportunities to improve ourselves, our business partners, and our communities. If youre looking for a fulfilling career in helping people find the best version of themselves, youve come to the right place.

We are looking for aMechanical Engineer IIto join our growing organization!

General Position Summary

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for new product designs, including conceptualizing, communicating ideas with marketing, prototyping ideas, integrating new technologies into new products, designing, detailing, and developing documentation, test requirements, and analysis to take a product from idea through production commercialization.

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities

• Researching and analyzing data such as industrial designs and specifications to determine technology, technical feasibility, and delivery of product within time and cost constraints.
• With some direction from management, performing mechanical engineering and design duties for new products, from concept to production of product.
• Creating imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of difficult and sometimes complex mechanical problems.
• Design and detail new products in 3D CAD (Solidworks) with some oversight from management.
• Accurately setting schedules for projects, identifying project risks, and generating alternatives and recommendations to remove risk.
• Working on assigned products (design, structural analysis, testing, and sustaining).
• Focusing on quality deliverables with high accountability and commitment to product objectives.
• Collaborating with diverse engineering and disciplines to specify, design, document, and deliver cost-effective, high-quality products to manufacturing.
• Work closely with procurement, suppliers, and manufacturing during all phase of development to optimize design for cost, performance, manufacturability, service, and reliability.
• Perform stress analysis, to ensure design has satisfactory safety factors in ultimate, yield and fatigue.
• Perform FEA analysis.
• Develop prototypes with mechanical prototype lab.

Specific Job Requirements

• With minimal management direction, works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Experience developing, sustaining, and cost reducing of products for manufacturing
• Seasoned knowledge of manufacturing requirements and demonstrated ability to incorporate those requirements into design
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills; flexible, self-directed and able to work in a team environment both as a leader and a follower
• Ability to collaborate with global teams
• Travel to China required to coordinate designs with factory, to verify production line, and product

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering with a minimum 3 years as a mechanical or design engineer (manufacturing experience preferred)
• Experience in the use of CAD tools for design and documentation. Proficient with Solid Works software and experience with ANSY 14.5 dimensioning.
• Candidate must be proficient in mechanical design, stress analysis, material selection and mechanical drive system design.
• Working knowledge of FEA.
• Working knowledge of engineering materials (plastics and metals)
• Knowledge of manufacturing fabrication processes used to build a wide variety of parts and assemblies

Job Specific Competencies

• Sense of Urgency - Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others, meets deadlines.
• Creativity/Innovation - Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, takes risks, supports change, encourages innovation, solves problems creatively.
• Problem Solving/Analysis - Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.
• Results Focus - Targets and achieves results, sets challenging goals, prioritizes tasks, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets team standards and responsibilities, provides leadership/motivation.
• Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Working Conditions

The physical and environmental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work may require:

• Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items - The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Requires the ability to move around and maneuver products when necessary. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 35 pounds
• Walking and Standing - Requires moving around
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours

Work Environment

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions: work performed in an office environment. Involves frequent interaction with internal and external customers.

Position Status

Level: Staff

FLSA: Exempt

Supervises: N/A

This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. The responsibilities, tasks, and duties of the employee might differ from those outlined in the above job description and, other duties as assigned, might

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

Core Health& Fitness is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, creed, disabled veteran status, marital status, or Vietnam-era veteran status. If you are a person with a disability and you need assistance in applying for a position with Core Health & Fitness, please contact our Human Resources department at [email protected] and direct assistance will be provided.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $95,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year