Product Engineer

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all legislative requirements in the facility’s geographic location and: The Global Operating System Plays. OHSAS 18001:2007 Health and Safety management system standard. ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management system standard. TS 16949 Technical Specification Management and Linamar Quality Basics system standards.
• Support, Foster, Promote and Demonstrate Linamar’s Core Values and Leadership Behaviors.
• Maintain balance between customer, employee and financial satisfaction by maximizing facility/department Performance Indicators to align to Linamar’s Stepping Stool of Success Strategy.
• Support and maintain department lean initiatives as set out in LPS system requirements.
• Maintain department 5S requirements.
• Familiarity with McLaren’s Business Management System (BMS)
• Perform standard engineering analysis (stacks, calculations, interfacing with Core Eng. Groups)
• Design, develop and validate products with adherence to engineering disciplines
• Design release activity such as Bill of Material management, drawing review and approval
• Change management activity such as creating and tracking engineering change requests
• Support customer technical meetings and presentations
• Translate customer functional requirements into sub-system / component design solutions and technical specifications
• Support production launch activities for the responsible products
• Develop and manage DVP&R based on technical specifications and product requirements
• Support DFMEA activity for the responsible products
• Support DFM and DFA activities with Linamar manufacturing plants and suppliers to assure manufacturing feasibility of designs
• Support quote process for design changes
• Support Linamar launch process (CFLP) for program execution
• Participate in value analysis and value engineering activities
• Manage and coordinate CAD and CAE support of projects
• Utilize problem solving techniques such as 8-D, IS/IS-NOT, fishbone, Red X and 6-Panels as part of failure analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years of experience
• Familiar with GD&T, dimensional tolerancing and tolerance stacks
• Strong decision making skills, with the ability to grasp technical concepts quickly
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and requirements for component design
• Ability to prioritize and work multiple tasks to completion
• Ability to collaborate and work in team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Familiarity with DFMEA, DVPR and Control Plans, MS Office proficient
• Experience writing technical specifications, validation test procedures and test reports
• Experience with CAD/CAE is desirable

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles
• Occasionally exposed to outside temperatures