Design Engineer

Guhring•Brookfield, WI

11d

About The Position

Under the direction of the Engineering Supervisor, the Design Engineer designs rotary cutting tools, analyzes tool performance, collaborates with manufacturing teams to improve tool efficiency, and develops solutions for tooling-related production issues. The role is responsible for meeting or exceeding company production and quality standards and meeting customer delivery requirements. The Design Engineer designs and redesigns standard and special products, maintains design layouts in SAP, provides process drawings and profile information, and uses AutoCAD to draw products. The role also supports customers, service and field sales, and internal teams with technical product and manufacturing assistance, while contributing to ongoing improvements in processes and methods.

Requirements

Knowledge or ability to work with engineering standards, applicable codes, customer specifications, and cost constraints.
Ability to review and interpret customer specifications and sales agreements.
Ability to ensure conformance with ANSI, NAS, and company standards for quality and manufacturability.
Ability to use AutoCAD to draw products.

Responsibilities

Design cutting tools to meet engineering standards, applicable codes, customer specifications, and cost constraints.
Review and interpret customer specifications and sales agreements.
Ensure conformance to ANSI, NAS, and company standards for quality and manufacturability.
Maintain design layouts in SAP.
Provide process drawings and profile information.
Redesign standard and special products to improve quality and productivity while reducing costs.
Evaluate and select components and parts for products.
Use AutoCAD to draw products.
Initiate purchase orders.
Develop working relationships with production and quality departments to address and resolve problems and improve cooperation toward producing high-quality products at the lowest possible cost.
Provide technical product field support to customers, service, and field sales, helping address and resolve questions and problems.
Participate on cross-functional teams to address and resolve manufacturing, design, and quality problems and support continuous improvement of processes and methods.
Suggest ideas for new products.
Stay current with new developments in the industry.
Keep informed about new parts or methods that could improve products or product design.
Analyze tool performance, collaborate with manufacturing teams to improve tool efficiency, and develop solutions for tooling-related production issues.