Design Engineer

About the role

The Design Engineer provides engineering support for new customer application development, new product launch, cost reductions and manufacturing improvements through collaboration with sales, engineering, quality and manufacturing personnel, suppliers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Manages and coordinates the design and release to production of products, which meet customer needs and reflect current/future strategic manufacturing processes.
• Analyzes and interprets engineering data when new products and components, modifications, and changes affect standard products.
• Confer with manufacturing engineering to provide assistance in methodizing product operations, tooling requirements, feasibility of manufacture or subcontracting, labor and material cost estimates.
• Develops and presents technical information, which aids in strategic planning initiatives.
• Recommends resources required to enhance product performance and/or resolve design/manufacturing issues.
• Plans and develops experimental test programs. Analyzes test data and reports to determine if design meets functional and performance specifications.
• Works with members of production and engineering staff to solve problems associated with design and manufacturing of products.
• Communicates with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical.
• 0–8 years of work experience; knowledge of gear motors, electric motors and drives a plus.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Solid computer skills include MS Office, engineering design software such as Solidworks, MatLab, Ansys, etc.

Work environment

• Predominately office environment with occasional exposure to the production floor and development lab.
• While on the production floor, employee may be subjected to moving mechanical parts and may be required to put on precautionary, protective wear such as safety glasses.
• Some travel required.