Senior Product Design Engineer

About the role

Lead the design and development of electromechanical products or connectors, ensuring compliance with industry standards and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including electrical engineers, PCB designers, Sourcing, and manufacturing engineers, to ensure seamless integration of mechanical components.
• Perform detailed analysis and evaluation of product designs, utilizing tools such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA), DFM, NUDD and TA to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
• Conduct feasibility studies and risk assessments to identify potential design limitations and propose effective solutions.
• Follow NPI and PDP process to develop and implement new products per industry standards on time.
• Collaborate closely and directly with customer engineering during product development lifecycle.
• Provide application and technical support to consolidate inputs from product management team, customers, and external consultants into product concepts, prototype sample builds and detailed requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, assisting in their professional development.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and advancements, incorporating innovative technologies and methodologies into product designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in Product Design Engineering in electronic components
• Experience with welding, stamping, plating, or plastic injection molding/insert molding, and connector and cable harness assembly
• Experience in leading the design for volume manufactured products
• Experience in DFM, DFMEA, validation and qualification for high volume products
• Experience in working with suppliers and materials selection
• Experience working with complex supply chain and global manufacturing
• Working knowledge in Tolerance Analysis studies, Data Analysis, preferably using Excel, Minitab, Eztol and/or Power BI
• Proficiency in CAD, preferably in NX, Team Center

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Six Sigma training/certification
• Experience designing high-speed interfaces, cable and board mount connectors
• Twinax termination, PCB surface mount and compression technologies
• Design Board launches (EON, SMT, compression, etc.)
• High Density Board termination rework process
• Experience with DVP testing

Benefits

This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Pay

$120,000-$150,000 per year

Schedule

N/A