Engineer, New Product Development

Summary:

Focused on the overall success of New Product Development and product design, strategy and forward-planning. Technical expert responsible for ensuring efficient and profitable product launches and on-going efficiency gains. Will collaborate with manufacturing to manage design specifications and process changes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage products through all phases of New Product Development process including establishing critical paths, collaborating with departments and suppliers and meeting quality guidelines and customer requirements
• Collaborate with customers and suppliers to continuously improve speed and effectiveness in delivering profitable New Product and manufacturing solutions
• Accountable to ensure New Product meet cost and manufacturing requirements as well as supports the company commitment to producing top quality products
• New equipment evaluation/implementation to support New Product Development and manufacturing process improvement
• Work with multiple groups, including quality engineers, quality systems, leadership team, planners to assure quality and on-time delivery to our customers
• Integration of Lean techniques into the engineering and operations area
• Maintain and organize detailed records of development activities including prototypes, data, reports and changes to design requirements
• Prepare and implement written procedures and specifications related to New Products or new processes
• Evaluate, analyze, and make recommendations on products, designs, and cost improvements to improve the competitive position of the company
• Evaluate robustness of new designs to variations in the manufacturing process; maximize yield by reducing product’s sensitivity to process variation
• Utilize Magma software to create computer-aided design; experiment with and analyze different materials, manufacturing processes, design tolerances and factors in the manufacture process

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, strongly preferred
• 3+ years’ experience in product engineering or engineering intern role, preferred
• Multi-disciplinary engineering and operations skill set, preferred
• New Product Development experience, preferred
• Project Management skills preferred
• Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing processes, BOM structure and change control processes
• Knowledge of PPAP, Process FMEA’s, product and process validation for manufacturing and implementation of execution plans
• Effective communicator with the ability to interface at all levels within the organization
• Self-motivated drive to help the team improve through people, process and technology
• Capability to accurately and efficiently work on multiple projects within strict deadlines
• Strong problem-solving skills, identify errors and deficiencies; able to think critically
• Proficient computer skills
• Solidification modeling, auto cad, and SolidWorks experience, preferred

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Listening
• Conflict Management
• Drive for Results/Action Oriented
• Time Management/Personal Organization
• Negotiating
• Timely Decision Making
• Priority Setting
• Learning on the Fly
• Problem Solving
• Customer Focus
• Functional/Technical Skills