Product Development Engineer

City: Rock Hill SC(Onsite)

Permanent

Looking for people with experience in Product Development

Minimum 5+ years of experience is required

Product Development Engineer I, your mission is to be an integral player in the development of new products that conform to all aspects of product objectives including performance and return on investment. Utilize your Engineering skills to develop products with powerful customer impact. Use your creative thinking and ambition to drive solutions for our customers with commitment, innovation, and interaction with a focus on quality, delivery, and cost.

Leadership

• Lead project teams on collaboration activities for your respective product development initiatives.
• Guide and lead part designers who will assist you in the attainment of project goals.

New Product Development

• Follow to the letter the Concept to Product (C to P) gated new product development process.
• Create and maintain 3D master assembly models of your products using drawing methods and standards using Inventor & Autodesk Vault drawing/PDM platforms.
• Create and maintain detailed 2D component drawings with all required information using proper dimensioning techniques, welding symbology, material callouts and part marking.
• Create and maintain product bills of material as they relate to your product/project.
• Develop in full any product options that relate to your product/project.
• Identify ALL critical assembly operations and provide necessary assembly torqueing information on system commodity drawings to relay important assembly details to production.
• Create and maintain engineering related instructions for electrical Panels, system test reports, and product release checklists.
• Assembly of prototypes for your products in development as necessary.
• Initiate and support the development of all product documentation that can include:
• Calculate the cost of the product that you are developing monthly to maintain target.
• Follow and monitor the budget of your project and raise awareness of deviations if they occur.
• Perform numerical calculations that support the design integrity of your products.
• Assist with the inputs required for digital tools such as FEA analysis and CFD analysis as required.
• Perform Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) to ensure component integrity and safety for the product as well as users.
• Analyze your products for potential misuse.
• Strive to maintain First Time Right (FTR) metric of greater than 90%
• Strive for high reuse of existing components in new products to reduce cost, reduce risk and improve time to market.
• Follow your project thru to the end as an active member of the TCM and any field warranty issues that could arise from your projects.

Change Management

• As required, initiate Design Notifications (DN) per your project requirements.
• Prepare/Check drawings and prepare DN’s according to the NPD DN process.

Cross Functional Activity

• Provide technical expertise for your product group to the Marketing and Technical Service areas.
• Have continual interaction with Purchasing to monitor the cost status of product development.
• Interact with international colleagues in collaboration projects.

What do we expect of you?

• A bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or product design is required. A master’s degree in engineering is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience as an Engineer in a manufacturing or R & D design center.
• Experience leading project teams for the development of new products is required.
• Experience in a design for manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Prior experience in rotating machinery development is a plus.
• Prior experience working with medical equipment is a definite plus.
• Familiarity with electrical or compressed air systems is preferred.
• Should possess excellent 3D modelling skills.
• Should have strong command of 2D drawing detailing such as dimensioning/tolerance stack ups/geometric tolerancing and symbology and welding symbols,
• Good command of English is required. Other languages are a plus.
• Software skills e.g. MS Office (including MS Project), BPCS (AS/400)
• Committed to accuracy and detail
• Must have a proven track record of positive results
• Must be customer-oriented
• Must have good communication skills