Product Engineer – Textile focus

We are recruiting for a Product Engineer who has a focus on Textiles for our good manufacturing client. 

 

Basic Scope/Purpose: 
• Effectively design new products and manage the life-cycle of existing
products/components to meet customer requirements while ensuring cost-effective
manufacturability, whether manufactured internally or externally.
• Lead new product development for assigned products/product group.
• Support the operations team with engineering, technical knowledge, and decisions
regarding the products and processes used for their manufacture.
• Manage product regulatory compliance for assigned product lines.
• Work in collaboration with all appropriate disciplines within the company.

 

Principal Accountabilities: 
• Obtains an in-depth understanding of product design which allows for standard products
and special customer requirements to be successfully designed and manufactured.
• Designs customer specials within the scope of departmental responsibilities
• Works with Applications Engineers to understand customer requirements with respect to
specific product designs. Understands critical dimensions and is able to convey that to
our suppliers through drawings or conversations to help ensure appropriate product
design and quality.
• Provide engineering support for Supplier Qualification efforts.
• Acts as a resource for materials, plating and heat treating technical questions, including
appropriate research into new areas that are currently unfamiliar to us.• Work with the Manufacturing Engineer and other Product team members to recommend
or assist with the transition of a purchased part to a manufactured in-house item.
• Respond in a timely manner to Product ADS’s and lead approved projects through the
system.
• Assures manufacturability of products through coordinated efforts with product suppliers,
and/or manufacturing engineering and production.
• Able to converse professionally with customers or product suppliers as required to
ensure customer’s needs are met. Travel to supplier locations or customer sites may be
necessary to work through design or quality issues.
• Interfaces with Quality to help determine critical dimensions for inspection, best practices
in inspection methods, and provides input into product quality issues.
• Coordinates and/or performs testing of new product designs to ensure product designs
meet quality and design specification criteria. This includes compliance to regulations
that the market requires. (ex: Reach, Rohs, FDA, etc)
• Interfaces and coordinates with New Product Development on new product design
projects to help ensure manufacturing needs are met.
• Responsible for all documentation associated with the assigned products (manufactured
or purchased), including drawings, revisions level document control, and communication
of updates to bills of materials, routings, etc. Develops, organizes and maintains the
drawing database and keeps buyers and suppliers current on latest revisions.
• Initiates and may lead ECR changes related to product design changes, catalog issues,
quality concerns, supplier differences or as a result of changing customer requirements
or customer feedback.
• Effectively communicates with other associates throughout the organization.
• Participates in and leads project teams as needed.
• Promote the Company’s Values and Behaviors at all times.

Environmental, Health & Safety Accountabilities: (The level of safety accountability needed
to successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job.
• Learn and follow EHS policies, rules and work instructions
• Attend required EHS training
• Supports established operational protocols. (ISO, Safety, World Class, Lean, etc.)
• Wear the required PPE at all times
• Take personal responsibility for keeping yourself and your co-workers and visitors free
from injury by participating in and/or conducting risk assessments, work place
inspections, corrective actions and safety observations
• Report incidents, near miss, unsafe conditions, unsafe acts and other hazards in the
work place. STOP WORK when imminent danger is present
• Maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion and keep equipment in proper working
condition.

 

Education and/or Relative Experience: 
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B.S.)
• Minimum three to five years of product design experience

2/13/2019

• Experience with designing and manufacturing of a product
• Proficiency in Solidworks with advances knowledge of table drive models/
assemblies/drawings
• Versed in Lean/ Six Sigma tools.