Design Engineer

Mack Molding•Arlington, VT

3d•$75,000 - $95,000•Onsite

About The Position

Plans and directs complex engineering design and development projects to support a number of customer programs. This role involves working with internal and external customers to generate and modify designs for functional and manufacturing requirements, operating and understanding structural FEA software and moldflow simulation, and generating and interpreting 2D prints with associated tolerance stack-up analyses and GD&T. The position requires understanding and selecting plastic materials, developing new tools and designs, and overseeing modifications to existing tools, jigs, fixtures, and machines. The Design Engineer will provide engineering support, work direction, and technical expertise to lower-level department personnel, analyze engineering proposals and process requirements, and perform customer service and project management activities to ensure customer satisfaction. Support during production samplings, from preparation through follow-up, is also a key responsibility, along with interfacing with manufacturing on design and engineering issues and managing critical information such as blueprints and engineering change orders. Frequent travel between plant locations and occasional domestic and international travel is expected.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree (B.S.) in Engineering discipline plus 3 – 5 years of engineering or design experience required
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations to practical situations
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract or concrete variables
Knowledge of Word Processing software
Knowledge of Spreadsheet software
Knowledge of Development software
Knowledge of Design software
Knowledge of CAD
Knowledge of Order processing systems
Knowledge of Project Management software

Nice To Haves

Plastics or Mechanical Engineering preferred

Responsibilities

Works with internal and external customers to generate and modify designs for functional and manufacturing requirements
Ability to operate and understand/communicate results from structural FEA software as well as moldflow simulation
Generation and interpretation of 2D prints and associated tolerance stack up analyses and GD&T
Understanding and selecting plastic materials for manufacturing and functional requirements
Plans and directs engineering associated with complex projects through all phases of innovation and development
Develops new tools and designs and oversees the modification of existing tools, jigs, fixtures and machines that must meet specialized design and performance specifications
Provides engineering support, work direction and technical expertise to lower-level department personnel
Analyzes engineering proposals, process requirements, and related technical data relating to product design
Performs various customer service and project management activities, assuring highest level of customer satisfaction
Provides engineering support during samplings from preparation through follow-up
Interfaces with manufacturing regarding design and engineering issues
Manages such critical information as blueprints, production print check sheets, engineering change orders and other correspondence
Frequent travel between plant locations and occasionally to domestic and international destinations
Performs other duties as assigned