Senior Product Design Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer to lead and contribute to the design and development of high-speed connectors, cables, and systems within our Copper Solutions enterprise division team. This role involves collaboration across various departments including marketing, manufacturing, electrical engineering, quality, software, and customer engineering.

Responsibilities

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

We anticipate paying $120,000-$150,000 per year for this role, which is eligible for variable pay. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.