Design Engineer- Hydraulic Valve Experience
About The Position
The Design Engineer is accountable for providing cost-effective, robust product designs that meet customer specifications. The role is intended to serve as the primary source for the design and development of fluid control valves used in electro-hydraulic and pneumatic systems, with minor direct supervision requirements. The position may be based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, or Whitehall, Michigan. The engineer translates complex customer performance specifications into product designs and ensures that relevant mechanical, electrical, magnetic, hydraulic, and pneumatic principles are understood, modeled, and validated. The role also supports product development through design risk analysis, tolerance stackups, design-for-manufacturing and assembly practices, experiments, and analysis of test data.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and five to seven years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to visualize three-dimensional features and geometry.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to publish clear, concise, and accurate engineering reports.
- Ability to translate complex customer performance specifications into robust, cost-effective product designs.
- Ability to understand the magnetic, electronic, and hydraulic physics that define the forces acting in an electro-hydraulic valve system.
- Camphasing design experience.
Responsibilities
- Ensure product designs meet the intended function defined by customer specifications.
- Ensure the relevant mechanical, electrical, magnetic, hydraulic, and pneumatic physics are understood, modeled, and validated for the product design.
- Prepare a thorough and accurate DFMEA early in the development process.
- Prepare accurate tolerance stackups for dimensional and geometric tolerances.
- Ensure product designs meet customer cost targets.
- Ensure materials selected for the product are appropriate for the application and comply with customer requirements.
- Involve the Account Manager, Manufacturing Engineer, and Quality Engineer early in the development process.
- Employ design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly techniques early in the development process.
- Plan and execute Design of Experiments as necessary to support root-cause analysis.
- Analyze test data to determine whether the design meets functional and performance specifications.
- Work closely with Test Engineers to ensure test development aligns with customer specifications.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
