Senior Design Engineer - Innovation & Enabling
Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove Scottsdale, Madison, WI, United States
Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a longstanding, family‑owned company in the Madison area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in the world’s most luxurious homes. We are looking for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.
Job Details
Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a longstanding, family‑owned company in the Madison area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in the world’s most luxurious homes. We are looking for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.
The Innovation and Enabling team is dedicated to accelerating Sub‑Zero Group’s ability to identify, mature, and enable breakthrough technologies that will define the next generation of luxury appliances. We are seeking a motivated individual to support the design, test, and development of new products, features and capabilities. The most important impacts this position has on the organization relate to driving purposeful innovation to the products, the features they deliver, and the speed at which they are brought to market. This position will be a key member of cross‑functional teams that develop breakthrough front‑end innovations.
In addition, continual growth and development are important aspects of this position. If you aspire to build upon and apply thermal and mechanical engineering principles, this position will set you up for future success.
Primary Responsibilities
As a Senior Design Engineer within the Innovation and Enabling team, you will bring deep curiosity, technical rigor, and creative problem‑solving to create new and interesting solutions that disrupt and de‑risk the most challenging features. You will work to uncover unmet solutions, ideate creative ways to solve technical problems, and be the technical expert in the creation and execution into concepts that deliver best‑in‑class luxury appliances for our customers.
Innovation Efforts
Own the technical direction of early‑stage concepts that shape future products
Apply science, simulation and technology to enhance innovative concepts
Serve as a technical catalyst by challenging assumptions, constraints, and unlocking paths where traditional approaches fall short
Critically evaluate product designs considering user needs, durability, materials and manufacturing processes
Bring imagination to every phase of development to shape future design visions
Confidently evaluate and manage external providers of emerging technology
Pitch future‑focused concepts that influence product roadmaps to guide leadership decision‑making
Enabling Efforts
Utilize design‑thinking methods, processes, tools & creativity
Develop specifications and requirements
Conduct and participate in ideation events
Design and build physical prototypes for evaluation
Develop and execute verification and validation test plans
Conduct feasibility analysis, risk assessments and test results to generate data‑driven recommendations
Report out developments, learnings, and key findings to transition into new product development programs
Self‑starter who can manage goals and timelines
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers during early‑stage concepts
We Value Our Employees By Providing
Competitive compensation based on skills
Industry‑leading health, dental, and vision plans
Generous 401(k) savings and profit sharing
On‑site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
Education assistance and internal training programs
Electric vehicle charging
Maternity & paternity leave
Interested in learning more on our robust benefits package we offer? Click here!
This position requires a pre‑employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.
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Job Details
Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a longstanding, family‑owned company in the Madison area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub‑Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in the world’s most luxurious homes. We are looking for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.
The Innovation and Enabling team is dedicated to accelerating Sub‑Zero Group’s ability to identify, mature, and enable breakthrough technologies that will define the next generation of luxury appliances. We are seeking a motivated individual to support the design, test, and development of new products, features and capabilities. The most important impacts this position has on the organization relate to driving purposeful innovation to the products, the features they deliver, and the speed at which they are brought to market. This position will be a key member of cross‑functional teams that develop breakthrough front‑end innovations.
In addition, continual growth and development are important aspects of this position. If you aspire to build upon and apply thermal and mechanical engineering principles, this position will set you up for future success.
Primary Responsibilities
As a Senior Design Engineer within the Innovation and Enabling team, you will bring deep curiosity, technical rigor, and creative problem‑solving to create new and interesting solutions that disrupt and de‑risk the most challenging features. You will work to uncover unmet solutions, ideate creative ways to solve technical problems, and be the technical expert in the creation and execution into concepts that deliver best‑in‑class luxury appliances for our customers.
Innovation Efforts
Own the technical direction of early‑stage concepts that shape future products
Apply science, simulation and technology to enhance innovative concepts
Serve as a technical catalyst by challenging assumptions, constraints, and unlocking paths where traditional approaches fall short
Critically evaluate product designs considering user needs, durability, materials and manufacturing processes
Bring imagination to every phase of development to shape future design visions
Confidently evaluate and manage external providers of emerging technology
Pitch future‑focused concepts that influence product roadmaps to guide leadership decision‑making
Enabling Efforts
Utilize design‑thinking methods, processes, tools & creativity
Develop specifications and requirements
Conduct and participate in ideation events
Design and build physical prototypes for evaluation
Develop and execute verification and validation test plans
Conduct feasibility analysis, risk assessments and test results to generate data‑driven recommendations
Report out developments, learnings, and key findings to transition into new product development programs
Self‑starter who can manage goals and timelines
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers during early‑stage concepts
We Value Our Employees By Providing
Competitive compensation based on skills
Industry‑leading health, dental, and vision plans
Generous 401(k) savings and profit sharing
On‑site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
Education assistance and internal training programs
Electric vehicle charging
Maternity & paternity leave
Interested in learning more on our robust benefits package we offer? Click here!
This position requires a pre‑employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.
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