Mechanical Engineer III – Advanced Development

Job Description

Legrand North America is a leader in electrical and digital building infrastructures, and they are seeking a Mechanical Engineer III to join their Focal Point Team. The role involves advanced product development, creating scalable designs, and collaborating with product management to ensure customer requirements are met.

Responsibilities
• Perform advanced product development for new roadmap initiatives with primary responsibilities to develop conceptual designs, define product architectures, and manage regulatory compliance and photometric testing verification
• Create scalable designs that support platform development and drive simplicity through supply chain and operations
• Apply advanced design processes, predictive simulation, and best practices to increase design first pass yield and reduce time to market
• Analyze risks and root out issues early in the design process. Apply first principles thinking to solve the most challenging technical design problems across the product portfolio
• Work closely with product management and industrial design to assure designs meet customer requirements and product design intent
• Simultaneously support multiple projects in various phases of development. Meet timeline commitments and communicate critical updates to project stakeholders
• Perform peer review of designs to assist teammates and ensure best practices are followed and lessons learned are incorporated

Skills
• Proven track record of identifying and executing on new product development projects from design to implementation in production
• Tenacious problem-solver, with an energetic approach to raising the bar. Someone the team will wish to seek/engage to solve tough design challenges
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and organizational skills – ability to forge relationships with others and align on the best decision
• Detail-oriented, with a desire to “roll up your sleeves” to help your team successfully meet project deadlines
• Customer-focused with a strong sense of urgency
• Team player – demonstrated history of building rapport and quickly integrating with a new team
• Business Acumen – the ability to quickly analyze options to formulate the best value plan
• 5-10 years of professional engineering work experience, preferably in product development
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited program
• 3D CAD software expertise, SolidWorks preferred
• Ability to interpret and apply GD&T
• Experience with casted and injection molded part design and electromechanical assembly design
• Demonstrated success in ensuring cost reduction targets are achieved as outlined in the project scope
• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams through projects or organizations
• Lighting industry and optics design experience preferred but not required

Benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• Disability
• Parental Leave
• 401K w/ company match

Company Overview
• Legrand is a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.legrand.us.

Company H1B Sponsorship
• Legrand, North America has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.