Current Product Engineer II

East Penn Manufacturing Company • Ann Arbor, MI

11d

About The Position

The Current Product Engineer II will be responsible for application of current products to specific customer needs and supporting Phase 4 (Launch) and Phase 5 (Sustain) efforts. They will support design and release of products needed to fulfill customer orders. They will lead resolution of production and supplier issues that have been identified and be a key link between Quality, Product Support, Manufacturing, and Product Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited institution (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Systems Engineering).
• 3 – 5 years of years’ experience with Lithium battery systems
• Root Cause Analysis Experience
• Strong background working within cross-functional teams, interacting with Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Suppliers
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work on complex configurations of products with a team.
• The ability to work in a diverse, dynamic work environment with changing workloads and deadlines
• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Data Analysis skills such as Excel Macro language, Python, MATLAB, SQL.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency, and professionalism, maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers, and customer.
• Strong root cause analysis skills and practice in common methodologies such as 8D, 5 why, and solution verification strategies
• Able to travel up to 10% of time if necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with design and release of lithium cells and packs.
• Experience with government, aerospace, or defense programs.

Responsibilities

• Design and release product configurations requested by internal and external customers.
• Oversees and implements change management.
• Investigates and implements new suppliers.
• Create, support, and update DFMEAs and DVPRs as required.
• Support production floor in cross functional teams with quality and manufacturing engineering.
• Lead cost reduction efforts.
• Work with Quality to identify, investigate and reduce warranty
• Oversees and administers processing, verification, and prioritization of systematic field issues.
• Guide and administer problem resolution and accompanying root cause analyses and findings with service engineers.
• Work with current model engineering team to develop and validate corrective action through Develop and administer test plans, in the field and at Navitas to drive RCA.
• Identify and clarify the cause of technical problems, determine the scope of repair and the development of a technically feasible and economical solution.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Group health insurance that includes high quality medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage with a low employee premium
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match and a 3% employer contribution
• Paid company holidays and Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employee assistance program
• Fitness Discounts
• Promotional opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees