Senior Product Design Engineer

Adams Thermal Systems is seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer to help shape customer-driven product designs with strong technical ownership. Based in Phoenix, AZ (onsite), this role offers a high-impact opportunity to lead design risk work, support manufacturing launches, and act as a technical point of contact for sales. You will bring your engineering depth and collaborate across teams while managing projects with minimal supervision.

What you’ll do

• Create and implement customer-driven designs with minimal supervision.
• Specify materials and perform structural analysis to evaluate robustness, cost, and design risk.
• Lead Design FMEA activities with cross-functional partners including Logistics, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Suppliers, and Tooling/Fixtures.
• Use the QPC process as outlined in the IATF-16949 standard.
• Serve as a technical contact for support of sales and maintain or grow customer relationships.
• Travel as needed for domestically and internationally focused customer and project needs.
• Support manufacturing for prototyping and production launch activities.
• Direct designer and drafters providing project support.
• Handle other assigned tasks as needed by the department.

What you bring

• Ability to operate as a self-starter with strong independence.
• 3 to 5 years of design experience in an OEM manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 3 years experience with parametric CAD software.
• Experience in sheet metal design and weldments.
• Experience with heat exchanger products and processes (brazing) is a plus.
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) minimum.
• Use Creo to design, analyze, and draft information per ANSI Y14.5-2018 for both internal and external customers.
• Apply GD and T skills and analyze tolerance stack-ups.
• Use Windchill/PDM Link for CAD file storage and change management.
• Apply DFM/DFA skills aligned to ATS manufacturing capability.
• Use sound analysis methods for evaluating heat transfer and structural phenomenon.
• Detail- and results-oriented approach with schedule adherence, strong organization, and project management including time management.

Tools and technical skills

• CAD (Creo)
• ANSI Y14.5-2018
• GD & T
• Windchill/PDM Link
• IATF-16949, including QPC
• DFM and DFA

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 Paid Holidays Per Year
• Group Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Saving Plan with Employer Match
• Life Insurance at 1x Salary
• Long Term Disability
• Short Term Disability
• Hospitalization Indemnity
• Critical Illness Coverage
• Term Life Insurance
• Identity Protection