Hardware Engineer II
Hardware Engineer II
Chewy, Inc.
Chewy is seeking a Hardware Engineer II to join their Fulfillment Center Design Engineering Team. This role involves designing and executing large-scale fulfillment and automation infrastructure projects, utilizing mechanical and electrical design skills, data-driven analysis, and vendor coordination to enhance Chewy's operational capabilities.
Qualification
- Experience in mechanical and electrical design for large-scale systems.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and Excel; familiarity with SQL is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to build models for material flow and capacity analysis.
- Experience in vendor management and technical proposal evaluation.
- Knowledge of safety and compliance standards in engineering design.
- Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects.
- Excellent documentation skills for project proposals and lessons learned.
Responsibility
- Develop detailed engineering designs for new ecommerce fulfillment centers and retrofits, including AutoCAD layouts, power/data plans, and process flow documentation.
- Build Excel- and SQL-based models to analyze material flow, throughput, storage capacity, and labor requirements.
- Create and tabulate Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and vendor bid comparisons; recommend solutions based on technical merit and cost.
- Partner with vendors and internal teams to scope, design, and validate new fulfillment technologies such as conveyance, sortation, and robotic work cells.
- Support Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) for conveyance, automated packaging equipment, and robotics.
- Ensure all designs meet Chewy’s safety, compliance, and reliability standards, incorporating maintainability and redundancy.
- Participate in design reviews, cross-functional coordination, and installation planning alongside Operations, Maintenance, and Controls Engineering teams.
- Author Capital Approval Requests (CARs) and project documentation for initiatives typically in the $500K–$2M+ range.
