Senior Product Design Engineer
What You Will Do
- 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.
- Perform engineering calculations, simulations, and analyses to validate design concepts and optimize product performance.
- Collaborate with vendors and suppliers to source components and materials, ensuring compliance with cost and quality targets.
- Conduct thorough testing and validation of prototypes, analyzing test data and implementing design improvements as necessary.
- 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.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 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
What Will Put You Ahead
- 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
Pay
$120,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan 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. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Hiring Philosophy
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About the Role
We use innovation, engineering excellence, commitment to quality and reliability and superior customer experience to improve communication, elevate experiences, and engage and inspire people everywhere.
Enterprise Solutions Business
We customize high-speed connectors, cables, and systems within our Datacom Specialty Solutions Division.
Enterprise Solutions Business
We customize high-speed connectors, cables, and systems within our Datacom Specialty Solutions Division.
Qualifications
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan 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. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan 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. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).