Product Engineer II

Position Responsibilities

• Sustains engineering support related to a product line
• Manages product line configuration and change orders in Agile PLM system
• Understands product design and features, be familiar with the manufacturing process
• Understands customer performance and configuration requirements for products
• Acts as a technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, including managing manufacturing and customer issues escalated to engineering
• Develops & maintains manufacturing drawings and bills of materials for components and assemblies using industry drafting standards
• Supports design reviews
• Assists project managers with the planning and scheduling of engineering work
• Supports manufacturing & suppliers with the production of mechanical components & assemblies
• Captures and manages product improvement requests
• Coordinates the release and update of engineering design documentation, operator manuals, bill of materials, manufacturing procedures, product acceptance test procedures, and production tooling and test equipment
• Coordinates development, testing and release of product improvements and variants in cooperation with product line manager, design engineers and project managers
• Provides component obsolescence management for the product line
• Supports customer support for failure analysis, field bulletin technical content, general product information
• Works with suppliers, purchasing and planning to ensure resolution of technical issues that impact production

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Leverage Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification
• 2 - 5 years of related experience in a similar role, including experience in an engineering design environment, including support of products in production
• Experience with unmanned air vehicles a plus
• RF, digital, and communications electronics design
• Electronics manufacturing troubleshooting PCB layout, schematics and assembly's Design/drafting/CAD (Altium), including ASME Y14 drawing standards
• Strong understanding of configuration management principles
• Strong understanding of General Engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties, electronics, systems, software
• Demonstrated ability to integrate across technical disciplines and organizations, including program management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers and customers
• Demonstrated familiarity with office software and computer based productivity tools

Desirable Experience or Attributes

• Agile PLM data management system product configuration management standards (MIL-HDBK-61A, EIA-649-B)
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action
• Contributes to meeting project cost and schedule
• Applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues
• Typically performs multiple tasks on one project
• Completes tasks within schedule and budget
• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Takes ownership and responsibility for current and past work products
• Committed to learning from mistakes and driven to improve and enhance performance of oneself, others, and the company
• Displays strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meet company objectives
• Consistently demonstrates teamwork, collaboration and puts the success of the team above one's own interests