Chief Design Engineer - Advanced People Flow

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient, and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.

Job Overview

As Chief Design Engineer - Advanced People Flow, you will develop solutions for and complete the technical tasks associated with designing advanced people flow (APF) solutions for elevator projects. These tasks include interpreting customer and code requirements, defining equipment scope and other factors relevant to specific projects, and providing technical support to external customers as well as internal sales and installation personnel. As chief design engineer, responsibilities also include coordinating similar work by other engineers to support assigned projects, and serving as the primary engineering representative to other project stakeholders. This engineer will partner with the other global engineering teams as well as local and global supply management teams to deliver APF engineering support for North American projects.

DETAILS

Location: Allen, TX - open to 100% remote for the right candidate.

JOB DUTIES

Analyze customer/consultant specifications for APF topicsSupport the tender organization in pricing the APF solutions, deviating where necessary or offer alternative solutions to the customerSupport in the creation of the APF specificationCollaboration with multiple stakeholders within the project (KONE supply line, KONE R&D, KONE front line, 3rd parties, customer)Participates in the full chain start up, internal supply line start up meetings and hand over meetings as APF engineering representative for the project.Responsible for APF requirements from supply line for the project. This includes collaboration with stakeholders to translate customer requirements to software and hardware engineering requirements.Responsible for the APF architecture for the project (signalization and system integration). Approves APF related documents for the project.Create or facilitate the creation of APF customer approval documentation (typically appendices of the APF specification such as feature functional descriptions and UI storyboards)Facilitate project APF design quality review meetings where it is verified that the electrification/signalization/software delivery is in line with the project requirements and system architectureCollaborate with R&D to develop the APF system documentation and project APF software/system validation testing plan. Act as the contact point between the supply line and R&D testing team regarding the testing requirementsIf deemed necessary, facilitate a regular project APF meeting between the supply line and frontline where APF related queries can be brought up for clarificationIf so, agreed in the project act as the contact point for APF related queries from the frontline/customer.

Hiring Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, or Bachelor of Science with similar engineering educationMinimum, 5 years of related engineering experience.Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), intermediate level.Knowledge of CAD and/or SAP a plus, not required

About KONE

We have the courage to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because we believe diversity drives innovation:

We value your authentic self. Diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in our strategy and values.Collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment.Passionate about safety, quality, and innovation We care about the communities where we live and work.

Some of our many benefits include

Competitive salary Flexible work schedule Opportunities to learn and grow.Matching 401K Pension plan Comprehensive health and wellness plans for the entire family Paid holidays and paid time off

Come share your passion and energy to make a positive impact at KONE for our customers and your career!

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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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