Mechanical Engineer - Applications Engineering

At Hussey Seating Company, we're accustomed to disbelief when people learn we've been in business since 1835. But here's our secret: We're not a manufacturing center. We're an innovation center.

While today we produce the highest quality spectator and audience seating in the world, our real business is listening to, understanding, and solving our customers' biggest problems. For almost 200 years our goals haven't changed:

• We're a family business in it for the long run

• We operate with honesty and integrity

• We care about and empower the people we work with.

From high school gymnasiums, tracks and football fields to professional arenas and performing arts centers, wherever you find spectators sharing a great moment, you'll find Hussey Seats.

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If you thrive on carrying ideas from a sketch on a placemat through design, prototyping, customer feedback, production at scale, delivery, installation, and full product lifecycle management, and if you’d be at your best in a culture that blends nearly 200 years of marketplace credibility with innovation in a “Best Places to Work in Maine” culture, you belong with us.

10+ years of high-achieving Mechanical and/or Structural Engineering in a manufacturing setting makes you eligible for Senior status, and there’s a fast track to that level for high performers with 5 to 10 years’ background.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop Engineer-to-Order design solutions for Hussey’s bleacher and chair platform product lines.

• Oversee creation of code-compliant submittal drawings for customer approval that reflect the product configurations to be provided.

• Collaborate with internal project managers and external parties to obtain information required for detailed design development and engineering.

• Complete field checks and assist with building scans and surveys.

• Utilize 3D design software and other applications to design and digitally fit seating platforms into the building space.

• Complete analysis of the platform structure and related designs.

• Prototype, test and validate new designs.

• Produce part drawings, instructions and other data required to manufacture and install the components of the seating solution into the final site configurations.

• Provide guidance during the manufacturing process of custom designs.

• Provide technical support throughout the installation, including call support and travelling to the site to assist with custom aspects of the installation.

• Mentor and assist with the technical development of team members.

COMPETENCIES: (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

• Can perform stress analysis using hand calculations, spreadsheet tools and/or FEA.

• Can model and analyze structural systems and connections utilizing structural design software such as RISA.

• Familiar with structural design specifications and manuals, including ANSI/AISC 360, AISI Cold Form Steel Design, NDS for Wood Construction, and other structural design standards.

• Design experience with sheet metal fabrication, structural steel, Aluminum, welding, and wood.

• Mechanical aptitude – fasteners, machine design, hydraulics.

• Experience with quick turn-around prototyping and testing.

• Demonstrated project management skills. Ability to plan, set priorities, and carry-out detail-oriented work to achieve project deliverables.

• Support corporate goal for continuous improvement bringing new ideas to reduce waste, improve production capabilities, and enhance performance.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a team environment

• Ability to work hands on in the lab and in the field.

• Proficient with 3D parametric modeling of parts and large assemblies.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or Civil/Structural Engineering.

• 5+ years’ relevant experience. (3D modeling background would be a competitive advantage.)

• Open to occasional, short duration travel.

Hussey Seating Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.