Mechanical Engineer (onsite in Wood Dale, IL) - Veralto : Job Details

Imagine yourself doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Contributing to a brighter, safer, more sustainable future.

It's all possible with a role at Videojet, a Veralto company. Videojet is a world leader in the product identification market, providing in-line printing, coding and marking products, consumables, and software solutions. Videojet's technologies play a critical role in ensuring the safety and authenticity of products sold across the globe in the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial marketplaces.

As part of the Videojet team and the broader Veralto network, you'll work with products that make an everyday impact on the world around youand along the way, you'll have opportunities to make your mark on our business and your career with ongoing opportunities to deepen your skillset and pursue your ambitions.

We offer:

• Employee bonuses based on business success as well as annual salary review.
• Company paid accident insurance and preventive healthcare (medical, dental, visual) on day one.
• 401K savings plan starting day 1
• Attractive employee referral program
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee events and social clubs

Reporting to the Mechanical Engineer will be responsible for generating, designing, validating, and implementing Value Analysis Value Engineering (VAVE) solutions for reliability and cost value improvements.

If you are someone who has solid hands-on problem-solving skills, especially experience with industrial coding equipment and is passionate about driving cross-functional project teams to deliver results on time and meet cost targets, this is a unique opportunity for you!

This role is part of the Videojet's R&D Engineering function and will be located in our Wood Dale, IL, office.

This role will require 10% travel.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Providing innovative ideas and technical solutions to improve product cost, reliability, and performance.
• Designing and evaluating cost-effective product changes to address obsolescence, quality, or safety issues on existing product lines.
• Developing Test Plans to validate design changes and solutions, and verifying designs using lab testing, analysis, and simulation tools.
• Managing projects, including creating timelines, defining deliverables, and tracking progress with cross-functional teams.
• Acting as a technical leader by collaborating with regulatory, manufacturing, procurement, quality, tech support, and product management teams.
• Coordinating with outside suppliers to ensure timely and effective delivery of solutions to production.
• Applying VTI Engineering Change Order (ECO) processes and tools to ensure robust documentation and implementation of changes.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field; master's degree a plus.
• 25 years of engineering experience in product development or product maintenance of line.
• 25 years of experience working with small-to-medium electromechanical industrial equipment, or similar line of products.
• Proficiency with 3D/2D design tools (SolidWorks or equivalent).
• Demonstrated skills in project management, including product change control, root cause analysis, and product development lifecycle

It would be nice if you also possess:

• Experience with components such as gear pumps, diaphragm pumps, cooling fans, and solenoid valves, highly desired.
• Familiarity with injection-molded plastic part design and sheet metal fabrication.
• Knowledge of Daily Management and Visual Management principles.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and the initiative to bring forward new ideas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on clarity and teamwork.

Videojet is proud to part of the Product Quality & Innovation segment of Veralto, a $5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 16,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we're Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resourcesand building rewarding careers along the way.

The compensation range for this role is $95000 - $105000 USD per year.