Design Engineer-Field Services

Twin City Fan & Blower•Plymouth, MN

6h•$70,000 - $80,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves reviewing product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and specifications. The Design Engineer-Field Services will also conduct troubleshooting of engineering design and test problems, perform service work, and provide customer design support. Responsibilities include reading and interpreting blueprints, checking shop orders for necessary parts, resolving assembly and production issues, and reporting quality issues. The position requires using appropriate tools to assemble and test fan components according to engineering and quality standards. Additionally, the role involves performing analysis of product malfunctions, supporting projects with bearing and drive selections, capturing design intent using various tools, researching new technology, designing and modeling prototype fan components, and developing test plans.

Requirements

BS in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
1 year of relevant experience preferred.
Able to work independently with minimal instruction.
Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, and Excel and general computer usage.
High mechanical aptitude and ability to learn all elements of fan construction.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals written in English.
Basic math skills to include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure including whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
Ability to read a tape measure.
Ability to use tools in a safe and proper manner.
Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time, mostly on 2–4-day trips, but occasionally longer.

Nice To Haves

Experience in FEA stress and modal analysis a plus.
Experience in design and/or test engineering in the air moving industry.
Proficient in the use of design tools such as SolidWorks, Inventor, AutoCAD, MS Office applications, i.e., Word, Excel, etc.
Experience with MS Project is desirable.

Responsibilities

Review product designs for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements and related specifications.
Recommend design changes for improvement of future product.
Conduct troubleshooting of engineering design and test problems.
Perform service work and provide customer design support as required.
Read and interpret blueprints; check shop orders to ensure that all necessary parts and accessories are readily available; and find all necessary parts and accessories that are not with the current parts.
Position parts and examine connections for correct fit; resolve assembly and production issues; report quality issues and errors in production line; and inform supervisor of any shortages in parts or hardware.
Use appropriate tools to assemble and fasten all parts and wiring on the fan assembly per TCF engineering and quality standards.
Test run fan on balancing machine to check possible defects such as proper torque, belt tension, clearance, etc. Utilize proper techniques.
Operate air / electric tools, hand tools may vary depending on plant location.
Perform simple and complex analysis of product malfunctions including complete startup check from alignment, balance, and assembly points of view.
Act, live, and behave by TCF Core Values.
Other duties as assigned.
Perform bearing selections, drive selections, etc. as needed to support projects / customer orders.
Capture design intent with spreadsheets, drawing markups, and computer aided design tools as needed.
Develop models and detail drawings of fan components and assemblies personally and/or by working through others.
Research new technology to be used in the development of new products.
With guidance, design and model prototype fan components and assemblies.
Develop test plans and review results for compliance with engineering design principles and customer requirements.