Life at Latham Since the beginning, the core values of Latham from our roots in 1956 as a family-owned business to being the worldwide leader for inground swimming pool manufacturing is that our employees remain our priority. As a Latham employee, you get to experience a high-performing, engaged, quality-focused and safety-minded culture dedicated to serving our dealers and consumers. We have a healthy respect for the daily grind, yet we value work/life balance. We believe that all employees should have the opportunity to lead and that good ideas can come from anyone. From the top-down, our leaders are actively involved not only in strategic oversight and running the business, but also in the wellbeing and growth of all employees. We consider people our #1 resource, and help employees realize their full potential, set, and exceed their goals, and explore new opportunities for personal and professional development. Why You Should Join Latham We strive to offer amenities, opportunities, events, and programming that support the interests of our teams, while furthering the culture. Some of the benefits you can expect when you join Latham include:
Competitive wages. The salary range for this position is $88,000-$98,000.
Comprehensive insurance benefits included but not limited to, medical, dental and vision, free short- and long-term disability, free life insurance, flexible spending accounts and more.
401K with a 50% company match.
Excellent PTO and vacation policies.
Company-sponsored training and certification opportunities
Tuition reimbursement.
A workplace that values safety, respect, employee engagement, recognition, and diversity
Primary Role: The Composites/Structural Engineer will lead composites designs across Latham’s nine North American Fiberglass plants. The role will be focused lamination composites design on new products while working with Sales and Marketing on products and innovations in the pool market.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Design and develop laminate design for new product and innovations
Lead cross functional teams in new product development from concept to commercialization
Conduct FEA on new products and validate results in production and installation
Completion of documentation to show and ensure compliance with both internal and external regulations and protocols
Assisting Process Technicians in troubleshooting in the event of a problem
Presentation of data and reports to senior colleagues and management
Facilitate/support structured problem-solving activities, ensuring root-cause identification is databased and corrective actions are validated and controlled
Develop BOM for new products
Work with quality and warranty on defect reduction
Perform other duties as needed
Qualifications:
Knowledge of fiberglass/epoxy composite material, damage mechanics, and manufacturing processes.
BS/MS in marine/aerospace/mechanical engineering with 3 years of experience in composite structural design and analysis.
Strong understanding of composite structural analysis, failure modes of composite structures, how to set up structural analysis methods to ensure failure modes are clearly understood and margin to failure is quantified.
FEA modeling and analysis experience (ANSYS, NX Nastran preferred but not necessary), as well as applying hand calculations/handbook methods where appropriate.
Experience with SolidWorks CAD.
Be comfortable developing test procedure and conducting structural testing, interpretate the results, and correlate with product performance.
Experience evaluating performance of composite structures in building construction environment where corrosion, wet, UV, soil conditions are a factor is a plus.
Strong computer skills, including Outlook, Word, and Excel (including spreadsheets/databases).
Bilingual (Spanish and English) – Preferred
Up to 25% overnight travel can be expected
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Must be authorized to work in the US