Lead Project Engineer - Hydraulics

About the role

Eaton’s IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Lead Project Engineer - Hydraulics. The expected annual salary range for this role is $112,000 - $164,000 per year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize Hydraulic actuation devices for Aerospace applications with Computer-Aided-Engineering techniques (CAE).
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to develop designs that meet customers' expectations and any applicable industry standards.
• Lead and participate in efforts to solve problems with product design, inspection, manufacturing, and test encountered by vendors, company operations personnel, and customers.
• Plan, organize, control, and lead multiple simultaneous projects.
• Create, update, and interpret project schedules and communicate changes and status to Engineering Leadership and IPT(s).
• Support targets and milestones for project budgets and schedules.
• Participate in resolving program change of scope issues with Project Engineering and Program Management.
• Serve as primary technical contact for multiple cross-functional teams and liaison between Engineering and internal and external customers.
• Interact directly with internal and external customers through formal technical presentations and informal discussions.
• Create, develop, and guide the creation of design standards, technical documents, including Engineering drawings (following ASME Y14.5, ASME Y14.34 standards), test procedures, test reports, and design review material.
• Present product design and substantiating data and analysis, design findings and recommendations to customers and management.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to co-workers.
• Provide direction to other engineers on project teams.
• Ensure standardization of design of products and adherence to engineering processes across multiple projects.
• Support continuous improvement by offering input to standard processes and procedures.
• Proactively collaborate with peers and managers to determine key goals, objectives, and corresponding metrics.
• Review and amend these actions as appropriate.
• Focus on the timely achievement of these goals and objectives.
• Interpret engineering documents.
• Coordinate creation and update of engineering documents.
• Participate and lead studies and improvement for cost reduction and first-time yield.
• Lead and participate in cross-functional Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations.
• Provide engineering input and technical expertise and sound engineering judgment for failure investigation and for customer-returned hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution required.
• Minimum five (5) years of Mechanical and Project Engineering including design experience utilizing 3D CAD software in the Hydraulic aerospace/ automotive/vehicle industry environment OR Master's degree from an accredited institution and a minimum of two (2) years of experience in the Hydraulic aerospace /automotive/ vehicle industry.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience implementing Hydraulic product design and testing in a Mfg. plant environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an ABET accredited institution preferred.
• Experience in the Aerospace or Automotive Industry preferred.
• Experience with Pro/Engineer, Enovia PLM, or similar 3D design and lifecycle management software tools preferred.
• Ability to apply Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles and perform tolerance stack-up analyses preferred.
• Experience with designing hydraulic, pneumatic, or electromechanical products using Advanced manufacturing techniques and transitioning to a production environment preferred.
• Working knowledge of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Design for Manufacturability (dfM), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design of Experiments (DOE), and Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) principles preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrated leadership skills, experience with design processes, successful new product introduction experience, creative/innovative thinking.
• Proven track record of driving change and ability to execute technology development plan.
• Demonstrated project leadership experience.
• Ability to define and apply GD&T and Model Based Definition principles and perform tolerance stack-up analyses.
• Experience with working on and leading cross functional teams.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.