Associate Applications Engineer

Ace Controls•Auburn Hills, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in a variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors. Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports. DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 13 locations. With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries. Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries. Stabilus SE is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Requirements

Requires 2-4 years of design or technical support experience in the field or in a related area with mechanical/electrical design, industrial automation and assembly experience.
Familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the engineering field such as: APQP, FMEA, FEA, and 8D problem solving.
Working knowledge of design software Solid Works, Catia or NX.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Promotes safety awareness with other members of the organization. Promotes accident prevention and employee involvement regarding a safe work environment.
Supports the continuous improvement roadmap for the organization. Leverages continuous improvement tools to drive continued operational improvements.
Processing ECN’s and design changes for current product.
Provides customer application assistance and product support for customer questions by phone & email.
Provides proposal drawings, concepts for special designs or modification drawings to existing products based on customer and sales inquiries.
On received orders, works along with Applications Engineers or Supervisor to provide manufacturing and assembly designs for tooling solutions for automated systems, material handling end effectors, manipulator configurations or special product designs based on standard product.
Directed design tasks consist of detailed manufacturing drawings, 3D assembly models and CAD files. Provided to Applications Engineer or Supervisor for check.
Generates bill of material (BOM) and enters part numbers into Oracle for manufacturing release.
Through direction from Engineer or Supervisor creates product and design documentation, maintenance manuals and spare parts lists when required.
Assists with customer design reviews.
Works with manufacturing and assembly personnel to prepare for customer buyoffs if required, by validating assembly to design intent.
Supports manufacturing and assembly on warranty issues.