We are Hiring — Staff Engineer
| Job Title: | Staff Engineer |
| Location: | Reno, NV |
| Department: | Engineering and Technical Services |
| Reports To: | Engineering Manager |
Purpose of Job:
Provide structural design for projects and product development. Provide engineering support for technical services and sales.
Essential Job Functions:
- Manage engineering documentation and test reports
- Create concept designs and analyses
- Generate material bills of material (takeoffs)
- Conduct field testing of products
- Oversee field installation work as required
- Assist field installers with questions and issues
- Be an active participant in the company’s quality management system
- Generate project estimates and budgets
- Work with the purchasing department in the evaluation and selection of suitable materials
- Conduct field inspections of material at vendor locations around the world
- Support new business proposals, formal design reviews, and customer presentations
- Review all engineering work to ensure adherence to engineering standards
- Interface with management, suppliers, customers, and members of the technical services team
- Support construction and engineering investigations to establish root cause and implement appropriate opportunities for improvement and corrective actions, if required
- Review and analyze specifications, sketches, drawings, ideas, and related data to assure the design criteria have been met
- Create illustrations for instruction manuals, testing procedures, etc.
Work Environment:
Reno, Nevada (BDI Headquarters) and travel as required
Requirements:
Education: BS degree in civil engineering (emphasis on structures preferred)
Licenses/Certifications: EIT (passing of FE Exam)
Experience:
0 to 2 years; completion of BS degree preferred, though final semester applicants (internships) will be considered with the intention of fulltime employment upon graduation.
Skills:
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Structural Analysis software(Autodesk Robot preferred)
- Autodesk 3D modeling software preferred
- Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel capabilities for development of calculations for products and report generation
- Excellent intrapersonal, written, and verbal skills
Physical Demands:
Regular travel by airplane and automobile; sitting for extended periods