Design Engineer

PennEngineering®•Toms River, NJ

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Heyco, a PennEngineering company, is a leading American manufacturer with nearly 100 years of innovation in injection molding and metal stamping. We are looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to support product design and engineering projects from concept through production.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent from four-year college or technical school plus two year’s related experience and/or training; or two plus years related experience (injection molding) and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
Ability to perform tolerance studies.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

Working from prints, samples, or instructions, etc., creates fully detailed drawings and working plans which clearly and unambiguously convey all of the information necessary to manufacture, check and inspect the particular item whether it is a part or an assembly. Achieves this by conferring with vendors, engineering personnel and others to develop product specifications.
Makes necessary changes and adjustments and maintains documentation and records of such changes.
Participates in various engineering projects starting from basic ideas and carrying through to completion to facilitate project completion and develop personal knowledge and skills.
Designs new custom products, mechanisms and adaptations of standard product following the direction of Engineering Management and suggestions of senior Engineers.
Directs and coordinates the manufacturing or building of prototypes or production parts to meet scheduled completion dates.
Provides technical information and support to customers and other departments.
Utilizes knowledge of various machines, engineering practices, mathematics, and other physical sciences to complete drawings. Makes any adjustments or changes necessary or desired.
Designs molds, jigs, fixtures, mechanisms and special tools which are required for the manufacture of products determined necessary for the growth of the company using computer-aided design. This includes preparation of preliminary layout drawings, design drawings, establishment of specifications and standards, necessary detailed drawings and bills of material.
Provides technical information for the procurement of special materials and the placing (through purchasing) of any orders for required standard equipment.
Modifies machine design to correct operating deficiencies or to reduce customers’ problems.
Assists team in any engineering related functions including the improvement of productivity of existing manufacturing equipment.
Follows all departmental procedures to ensure quality requirements are met.