Lead Mechanical Engineer

Crane (NYSE: CR) is a leading global provider of mission-critical, highly engineered products and solutions, with differentiated technology, respected brands, and leadership positions in the Process Flow Technologies and Aerospace & Electronics markets. Today, Crane has approximately 7,000 associates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia, with 2024 net sales of more than $2 billion. Crane Company celebrated our 170th anniversary this year.

With strict adherence to the Crane Business System (CBS), Crane is a highly process focused organization. CBS has been, and will continue to be, a critical driver of Crane's consistent execution and long-term success, driving a performance-based culture with a strong focus on accountability and results. Through the years, Crane has excelled in serving its customers, employees, investors, and communities in which they operate by focusing on the following principles:

• Unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. The R.T. Crane Resolution written when the company was founded in 1855 is the core upon which our business has been built, "I am resolved to conduct my business in the strictest honesty and fairness, to avoid all deception and trickery, to deal fairly with both customers and competitors, to be liberal and just towards employees and to put my whole mind on the business".
• Focus on philanthropy. Giving back to the communities in which we operate has been a core part of the Company’s identity for over a century, deeply rooted in the values of our founder, R.T. Crane. We believe that success comes with a responsibility to support both employees and the broader community – not just through financial contributions, but also through active engagement and volunteerism.
• Customer focus. Every day, Crane’s associates ensure that they are doing their utmost to solve their customer’s most critical process needs. With a high commitment to Quality and On-Time Delivery, we leverage our innovative solutions to solve their most pressing needs. Driving profitable growth, for our customers… our associates… our communities… and our shareholders.
• A disciplined cadence of execution built on clear objectives and metrics, detailed action plans and a repeatable process to drive execution and profitable growth.
• Emphasis on continuous improvement in all that we do. We believe there is always an opportunity to become better, and we continuously strive to improve in all facets of our business, eliminating waste, variation, and overburden.
• Development of our people, who are process focused and thrive on executing strategy and profitable growth through a disciplined cadence of execution. Nothing that we accomplish can be achieved without our outstanding employees. They are an integral part of who we are, and we leverage our Intellectual Capital* (IC) process to foster their growth and development.

OPPORTUNITY

Do you like working in collaborative teams and solving complex technical problems? Designing products for harsh environments?  Launching new technologies to market?  Interested in advancing technical limits to make sensors withstand harshest environmental conditions?

Reuter-Stokes researchers and engineers have collaborated with customers to design, produce, and install reliable equipment for harsh environments. Our solutions include precise radiation measurement, nuclear reactor monitoring, UV flame detection, and downhole sensing for directional drilling. Today, more than 100,000 Reuter-Stokes detectors are deployed around the world..

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with the Commercial Products Technology Team, comprised of engineers supporting the Reuter-Stokes Radiation Monitoring, Industrial Sensors, and Downhole Technology product lines, to develop detectors for harsh environment applications
• Developing and/or reviewing detailed component and system designs to meet new product specifications
• Ensuring component and system designs are analytically robust, and empirically tested and verified
• Ensuring that proper DFSS and DFM rigor has been applied throughout the design process, in collaboration with other Technology team members and other functions
• Coordinating multiple project tasks with project managers and functional managers.
• Working directly with the respective Product Line Leader, Quality, Manufacturing, and other Functional Teams to ensure products meet internal and external requirements, start to finish, and provide for continued growth of the product line.
• Fostering a creative environment; allowing for new ideas while embracing speed and excellence.
• Leveraging, expanding, and creating design best practices
• Supporting technical discussions with customers as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

• Have a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, or similar field.
• 4-7 years’ experience in Design Engineering experience (Sensors Design preferred) desired. 
• Experience with New Product Design is plus
• Experience with a CAD package (SolidWorks preferred)
• Experience with an ERP system such as SAP is a plus
• Experience with product development processes (Stage-Gate is preferred) product development process
• Desired skills: Problem solving, translation of cross-functional inputs into design outputs, design for regulatory compliance and product safety, requirements decomposition, technical report authorship

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree or more in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or related field required.
• Professional certifications held or in progress are a plus (FE, EIT, PE, or other).

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.