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asic Scope/Purpose:
(The job’s primary purpose or contribution to the department or organization.)A Product Development Engineer is responsible for effectively designing new products, while managing the life cycle of existing products/components to meet customer requirements and ensuring cost-effective internal or external manufacturability. Included in the overarching expectations is the ability to Lead/Support new product development for assigned products/product groups, provide support to the Operations team with engineering, technical knowledge and decisions regarding the products and processes used for their manufacture. In addition, the Product Development Engineer is expected to work in collaboration with all appropriate disciplines within Fenner Precision Polymers, manage product regulatory compliance for assigned product lines, and travel both domestically and globally to support the areas of responsibility.The expectations for each career level are defined in the chart below, with increasing levels of competence and leadership as your career progresses.
Principal Accountabilities:
(The job’s essential or most important functions and responsibilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- 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 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 customer requests 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)
- Simulation modeling
- Interfaces and coordinates with the Lab and Manufacturing personnel 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.
- Provides costing information to accounting, or in support of Product Management, which includes BOM and routing information.
- Effectively communicates with other associates throughout the organization.
- Participates in and leads/supports project teams as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Maintain and Promote Fenner Precision Polymers 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:
(The level of education and/or experience needed to successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job.)·Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (B.S.) ·Minimum three to five years of product design experience·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.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
(The licenses, certificates or registrations that are required to perform the essential duties of this job.)Six Sigma Yellow belt/ Green belt preferred
