Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Manages process of application specific engineered solutions from initial customer interaction to full production launch.  Functions as program manager as well as design engineer for many of these programs.
• Manages a portfolio projects and responsibilities; utilizes other team members to ensure all are completed to meet business requirements.
• Supports application engineers and sales team with technical support for end customers (OEMs, Tier 1’s) including direct customer engineering interface.  Technical support includes product knowledge, design details, CAD data exchange.
• Creates product designs and specifications in conjunction with Research and Development. Ensures new products are designed to meet customer expectations. 
• Analyze customer inputs and design product modifications to meet customer expectations.
• Works with manufacturing and process engineering to ensure new products can fabricated reliably.
• Interfaces with Purchasing and various suppliers to implement recommendations resulting in cost improvement and supplier diversification.  Coordinates validation efforts for such projects.
• Reviews and implements engineering changes to product drawings and material specifications.
• Support the company’s APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) process to maximize the success of developing and tracking a product or process through its development life cycle.
• Provide product engineering and technical support for assigned product lines after transitioning to manufacturing.  This includes drawing and raw material specification approvals.
• May include quality, manufacturing and other areas of support to the Americas regions operations.
• Capable of providing support as requested by supervisor.

Education:

• BS Engineering (Preferably Mechanical or Textile)

Experience:

• Minimum five (5) years of experience in engineering environment with preference on prior Product Engineering experience.  Experience in automotive component design is a plus.
• CAD experience is required.  Experience in translation of 3D to 2D is a considerable plus.  Experience in OEM dataexchange is preferred.
• Prior experience in leading and managing projects and programs is required.
• Outstanding inter-personal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with all levels, departments, and operations of the company
• Excellent communication, technical writing skills
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in execution of engineering deliverables
• Ability to accept, understand and resolve conflict or disagreement
• Self directed and have a passion for results
• MS project experience preferred
• Ability to travel frequently if needed
• Knowledge of a second language, Spanish, French, German, Japanese or Chinese is helpful

Competencies:

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)

• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Design Process Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA)
• Process Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA)
• International Material Data System (IMDS)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• Product Testing Procedures
• Material Specifications
• Product Drawings – create / change / review
• New Product Introduction system (NPI)  - company specific
• Product Concept System (NPI Design) – company specific