Product Sustaining Engineer

Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $160M in venture capital and we’re growing year over year. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

We are seeking a Product Sustaining Engineer who will be responsible for maintaining the technical aspects of Bevi’s existing products. A successful candidate will improve existing products, taking projects from initial analysis to change release, by analyzing existing designs, modifying CAD, prototyping, testing, and documenting changes. This person will be responsible to drive improvements in Product Quality, Manufacturing Process Controls, Cost Initiatives, and development of KPIs to support all actions and initiatives.

Duties and responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and test part, component, and systems for all sustaining engineering and continuous improvement activities.
• Responsible for creating Bill of Materials, drawings, fixtures/tooling, ECNs and more on sustaining projects
• Establishing Product Sustaining goals and evaluating results.
• Support product failure investigations. Perform robust root cause analysis of production issues, product design issues, implement appropriate containment, and drive corrective action.
• Apply statistical methods and perform product/process analysis of quality improvements, cost reduction and improved efficiency.
• Collaboration with the Quality, Manufacturing, Hardware, and Software Engineering Teams to perform Design failures analysis (DFMEA), process failure analysis (PFMEA), gap analysis and value stream maps.
• Supports test methods development and execution.
• Participation in design reviews as project leader of changes to existing products, participant, and independent reviewer, as applicable.
• Communicate with outside vendors / suppliers as needed.
• Work in collaboration with the Manufacturing Engineering team to coordinate implementing Engineering and Process changes of revised products through ECN’s and CAR’s
• Perform component End-Of-Life engineering activities
• Provide feedback to New Product Design Team to improve next gen design.

Requirements

• B.S. Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Must have proficiency with SOLIDWORKS or similar 3D CAD programs.
• 3+ years of Product Design or similar experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Must be able to work collaboratively with product development, quality and manufacturing teams.
• Experience with design for injection molding, sheet metal, machining and other manufacturing processes.
• Preferred: Experience in Reliability Engineering analysis tools such as MTBF and MTTF.
• Preferred: Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) and environmentally responsible investment options
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• 15 days vacation and 9 paid holidays, plus additional paid days for sick leave, etc (including sustainability or social justice volunteer events)
• Paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks and Bevis... and composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, pancake breakfasts, Hero awards - and more!
• Join a team that shares our Bevi Core Values:
  • Put Customers First
  • Be Great to Work with
  • Raise the Bar Together
  • Act Like You Own the Business
  • Be Curious and Ask Why
  • Champion Sustainability