Design Engineer - Federal Ammunition

About the role

The Kinetic Group is seeking a Design Engineer to lead product development programs for Rifle Ammunition at their Federal Ammunition production facility. This position reports to the Product Engineering Manager and is based out of the Anoka, Minnesota office.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of new rifle product development programs, including product design, testing, documentation, quality specifications, budgets, timelines, and raw material qualifications.
• Communicate and work with engineering technicians, assigning workload, and conveying new product requirements and goals.
• Collaborate with Operations and support staff to execute new product introductions into manufacturing, assessing equipment capability, establishing bill of materials, and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Solve problems and conduct failure analysis to resolve design and production issues.
• Support the Marketing team with technical data review, asset creation, and attend trade and consumer shows as a subject matter expert.
• Initiate and maintain relationships with vendors and outside technical resources as needed to develop new processes and products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics
• 1-3 years of related experience or equivalent technical training
• Hands-on problem-solving and mechanical aptitude
• Experience with Minitab or similar software

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding and broad application of technical standards, principles, theories, and techniques relating to small arms ammunition and related disciplines
• Background in ammunition development, ballistics, firearms, and related processes
• Experience related to military service, hunting, competitive shooting, and reloading
• CAD/CAM experience desired

Skills

• Advanced materials and processes knowledge
• Problem-solving and mechanical aptitude
• Experience with Minitab or similar software

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, tuition reimbursement, gear discounts, and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!

Pay

Annual Salary: $75,800.00 - $121,800.00