Product Engineer II

Key Areas

• Preparing engineering specifications
• Providing technical product support to Procurement and Operations to maintain production schedule
• Developing cost effective, innovative new product design solutions and improving existing designs
• Identifying robust, cost-effective production methods

Leadership Accountabilities

• Improve and integrate the design and development of products within the Product Engineering team.
• Prepare and approve production documentation.
• Identify product or productivity improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with other functional groups as a technical resource for product line.
• Be a technical voice in design reviews and design decisions.

Execution

• Moves designs forward to completion through innovation and collaboration.
• Executes project schedules, budgets, and performance deliverables.
• Contributes to continuous improvement activities such as warranty analysis, cost reduction, and alternate components evaluations.
• Uses engineering problem solving tools and methods to systematically solve production or customer issues.
• Ensures adherence to processes such as FMEA, Warranty, FRACAS, PCO, NPI, and Quality Audit.
• Collaborates with others in the Engineering team and other departments to accomplish goals and solve issues.
• Provides status and information to keep stakeholders informed and engaged of progress on key activities.

Technical Support

• Support purchasing of materials.
• Evaluate alternate components against product specifications.
• Aid in qualifying vendors to meet product requirements.
• Provide application support to Product Management and Customer Service.
• Provide technical input for Continuous Improvement projects (Cost and Quality).
• Collaborate with Lab Operation team and Product Approval team.
• Support manufacturing and operations.
• Provide technical input in Product Engineering activities and Engineering design reviews.

Government and Regulatory Management

• Experience leading or having a primary role on a team maintaining and improving current products.
• Working knowledge of regulations, standards, and codes such as those produced or endorsed by, but not limited to, IEC, IEEE, NEMA, NEC, UL, AHRI, and ASHRAE.
• Demonstrated understanding of environmental, reliability & qualification testing.