Project Engineer

About the role

This fully qualified and experienced engineer position focuses on planning and completing broad and/or complex assignments/projects with a longer-term focus. The role requires originality and ingenuity, making all necessary calculations for strength, loads, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Write and check specifications of materials, finishes, assembly, out-of-box, and other required reports.
• Timely completion of all required PCP activities, documentation, and reporting in HPM.
• Assume project coordination which includes: parts, tracking, tooling approval, bill of materials, and costing of the parts assigned, as well as, the complete project.
• Coordinate pilot runs, tracking meetings and project communications to other departments.
• Participate in cost reduction and product improvement programs. Make recommendations and implement projects to control, as well as reduce, cost.
• Implement quality improvements.
• Manage deviation approval as needed.
• Assist in resolving production issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Utilize these sources to gain understanding of customer needs.
• Avoidance of cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years of related engineering experience.
• Experience in Product Design.
• Extensive knowledge of various manufacturing processes for high volume, repetitive assembly.
• Hands on experience working on outdoor power equipment preferred.
• Design experience with high volume consumer products that perform a function preferred.
• Basic knowledge of manufacturing operations.
• Ability to gather and process data for root cause analyses.
• Ability to travel to domestic and/or international sites.
• Knowledge and understanding of FEA, DFMEA, DVP&R, GD&T for part design.
• Knowledge and/or experience with SmarTeam, HPM, engineering databases, and other software programs useful to engineering functions preferred.
• Leadership skills preferred.

Qualifications

Work is frequently accurate, thorough, timely and dependable. What You Need to Know: Depending on skill and experience level, not all Essential Duties may be required of each incumbent.

Skills

• General Write parameters for assigned design projects including scheduling, cost data, serviceability and functional requirements.
• Ensure that all product design standards are followed.
• Personally assure that projects meet the parameters, as well as schedule, appearance, and costs.
• Necessary layouts and calculations(strength, load, performance) required to satisfactorily solve design objectives and meet the outlined parameters.
• Coverage of design reviews on a timely basis and ensure that designs have been properly reviewed for safety considerations in accordance with Product Creation Process (PCP) guidelines.
• Review finished drawings for accuracy of design, tolerances, fits, manufacturing capability, materials, drafting standards, etc.
• Ensure that designs are functionally correct.
• Write and check specifications of materials, finishes, assembly, out-of-box, and other required reports.
• Timely completion of all required PCP activities, documentation, and reporting in HPM.
• Write ECR/ECOs, specifications of materials, finishes, assembly specifications, out-of-box specifications, PPAP documentation review and other necessary reports.
• Assume project coordination which includes: parts, tracking, tooling approval, bill of materials, and costing of the parts assigned, as well as, the complete project.
• Coordinate test plan creation and fulfillment to include: oversight of construction and testing of pilot run models assigned, writing test procedures as required, analyzing test data, and making necessary changes and improvements.
• Participate in cost reduction and product improvement programs. Make recommendations and implement projects to control, as well as reduce, cost.
• Implement quality improvements.
• Assist in resolving production issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Manage deviation approval as needed.
• Keep abreast and well-informed of competitor products, new technologies, pricing conditions, etc.
• Standards Implement and ensure that assigned projects comply with product engineering and safety standards.
• Liaison Maintain proper follow-up and liaise with Purchasing, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Control and suppliers.
• Coordinate pilot runs, tracking meetings and project communications to other departments.
• Provide effective communication and follow-up with end customers, Distribution and private label customers, Customer Service Department, etc. to ensure all field problems and warranty issues are clearly understood and solved.
• Assist in coordination of joint projects with other Husqvarna divisions or manufacturing sites.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

Not specified.