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_PARAGRAPH JOB_DESCRIPTION.SHARE.HTML 10071 Engineering Full Time Onsite Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania MSA, The Safety Company Job Description Overview Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career. At

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is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day. Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role. Make an Impact Across the Business Are you a Mechanical Engineer who enjoys solving complex product challenges and seeing your ideas implemented? Join the global Value Engineering & Cost Optimization team and help improve products used around the world. In this highly visible role, you will combine mechanical design expertise, value engineering, and cross-functional execution to reduce product cost, strengthen competitiveness, and deliver measurable business results without compromising safety, quality, performance, or customer value. Why This Role Is Different Directly influence product profitability and competitiveness. Drive high-impact redesign and value engineering initiatives from idea through implementation. Work across product lines, materials, manufacturing processes, and global operations. Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, suppliers, and leadership. See your engineering decisions tracked through validated, measurable cost savings. Build broad business acumen while remaining deeply engaged in technical work. Responsibilities What You'll Do Support and participate in VA/VE workshops, product teardowns, benchmarking, and design-to-cost activities. Identify opportunities through part consolidation, modularity, material alternatives, specification optimization, and process improvements. Create and evaluate concepts using CAD, FEA, fatigue analysis, tolerance analysis, prototyping, and testing. Apply DFM, DFA, DFS, and other DFX methods. Develop drawings, specifications, BOM updates, analyses, test plans, and engineering change documentation. Coordinate prototype builds, testing, release, and implementation. Lead or support multiple cross-functional cost optimization projects and communicate results. Document technical outcomes and validated savings. Qualifications What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. Hands-on mechanical product design and development experience using 3D CAD, preferably SolidWorks. Experience with plastics, materials, manufacturing processes, mechanical components, or electro-mechanical systems. Working knowledge of FEA, tolerance analysis, and validation methods. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, business, and project-management skills. Ability to collaborate across functions and drive work through implementation. Preferred Experience Value engineering, cost optimization, design-to-cost, benchmarking, or should-cost analysis. Lean Six Sigma certification or practical continuous improvement experience. SAP or similar ERP/MRP experience and BOM/document-control knowledge. Regulated or safety-critical product development and experience with UL, CSA, or related agencies. Career levels This position is available at one career level based upon experience, education, etc. Level II

• 2 years of relevant experience. Level III
• 3 years of relevant experience. Senior
• 5 years of relevant experience. Principal I
• 7 years of relevant experience.

MS degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of relevant experience. Who Will Thrive Here? Engineers who want to influence business decisions, not only create designs. People who enjoy questioning assumptions and solving technical and cost challenges. Hands-on owners who move ideas from concept to validated implementation. Collaborators who communicate clearly across technical, manufacturing, sourcing, and leadership teams. Professionals motivated by measurable results and visible impact. If you're looking for a role where your engineering expertise directly contributes to company growth, product competitiveness, and millions of dollars in business value, this is the opportunity for you! #LI-AS1 #ON-SITE Transcript At MSA Safety, not every job means sitting at a computer all day. Some jobs here, they're fire, literally. Sure we have colleagues who get excited about spreadsheets, but the majority of us are just excited about the mission, saving lives. The work we do literally helps protect firefighters, industrial workers, people everywhere, maybe even you right now. That's pretty cool, right? If you like working with a team that's got your back, we got you. And if you're seen as more of a quiet, robotic co-worker who doesn't talk too much before you finish your coffee, we've got you too. Sound like your vibe? Check out careers. MSAsafety.com. Pause Play % buffered 00:00 00:00 Unmute Mute Settings Captions Disabled Transcript Disabled Captions Back to captions menu Disabled Arabic AR Deutsche DE English EN Español ES Français FR Português PT 中文 ZH Exit fullscreen Enter fullscreen Why MSA? Apply JOB_DESCRIPTION.SHARE.HTML

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