Engineer III Hydraulics - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St. Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

The Hydraulics Engineer will provide technical expertise to product development teams in hydraulic engineering to assist in the design, analysis and test portions of a new or revised product. In this role, the hydraulic engineer will be a critical contributor to the team when the particular area of expertise is required. This role requires substantial expertise that is difficult to obtain and maintain and therefore should not be a subset of a test or design engineer's job function. This position involves the design support of the total hydraulic system including selection of components, analysis support, preparing and analyzing costs, review of test plans and determining the causes of failures and appropriate solutions. These areas of expertise are applicable to all TORO business units.

What Will You Do?

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:

• Lead and coordinate the development of hydraulic systems, components and subsystems of all Commercial and SWS products. Works with the project teams to create designs that satisfy the product requirements as outlined in the product specification and resolves design problems. Assures opportunities for use of latest technologies, best practices, design standardization and platform design are incorporated into the process.
• Perform engineering analysis and testing to evaluate the customer usage of the hydraulic portions of the proposed designs. The evaluation may take the form of mathematically simulating the design or detailed testing and analysis of test data to quantify the performance of the design.
• Develop methods to use computational models and physical tests for use in the evaluation of proposed designs. Determine if commercially available software and test equipment is available for use in above evaluation work. Develop software and test equipment that is not available.
• Work with product development team members to understand how customers use our products and develop criteria that will properly simulate customer usage. Develop methods to ensure that the analysis and test evaluation techniques properly simulate and quantify the behavior and customer usage of the product. These methods will ensure that analytical methods properly correlate to physical testing and customer usage and that physical testing properly correlates to field and customer usage.
• Use appropriate methods to evaluate the analysis and test results to obtain a better understanding of the design acceptability. Based upon the results, recommend changes that will improve the performance of the product.
• Participate in project team meetings, design reviews, safety reviews, test plan preparation and review, etc. on an as needed basis. Report evaluation results and design change recommendations on a timely basis.
• Keep abreast of new technological developments, components, concepts, materials, manufacturing processes or competitive environment in the hydraulic expertise. This is accomplished through literature review, technical conference & user group meetings, competitive product review and other methods.
• Primary engineering contact for hydraulic suppliers. Works with Sourcing to manage the available vendors. Develops specifications, working agreements and application approvals with appropriate vendors. Help assure that the vendors meet the requirements of the specifications. Approves all hydraulic component drawings and releases.
• Work with product development team members to identify opportunities to apply the evaluation methods early in the development cycle and to quickly respond to design issues identified during the development cycle or to customer identified issues.
• Provide Failure Analysis support to NPD and DCI teams to help resolve quality issues. Key activities include development of hydraulic failure mode templates to help identify major failure modes, and working with teams to identify, validate and implement corrective action on specific issues.
• Add appropriate information to the Lessons Learned database consisting of best practices, design standards, risk avoidance and process improvements. This will require working closely with project design & test engineers to ensure that information is not duplicated in the database. In some cases, the hydraulics engineer will be the primary author of information added to the database; in other cases, the hydraulics engineer will supply information to the design or test engineer for addition to the database.

What Do You Need?

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Aeronautical, Mechanical Engineering Technology or closely related engineering field.
• 4+ years of experience in a hydraulics design or related product design role.
• Demonstrated expertise in mobile equipment hydraulic systems.
• Interest in mobile equipment design and operation.

What Can We Give You?

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including:

Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.

Location - Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!

Food - Take advantage of our onsite cafe, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.

Wellness - The Toro Company's HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.

Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.

Summer Hours - Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.

Flexible Work Arrangements - This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility.

Competitive Salary - The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the Even app.

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We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.