Engineer II-Design & Analysis

Greene Tweed•Houston, TX

About The Position

Provides technical assistance to external customers, sales, manufacturing, and quality to ensure internal and external design needs are met on time and effectively. The role may require visits to customer sites. It recommends materials based on application criteria and functional guidelines; reviews material specifications for alignment with customer requirements; and generates and approves design proposals through the Global Incremental Process. The engineer ensures model accuracy, design documentation, drafting standards, and testing requirements are met for production drawings. The position conducts moderately complex design analysis on components and assemblies, including work that may extend existing product, material, or manufacturing capabilities, and creates the necessary documentation. It defines testing, qualification, and validation methods, communicates testing approaches and finished-product and system capabilities to Central Engineering, and produces or approves external technical reports as needed. The role maintains awareness of customer and industry technical requirements and the business impact of technical decisions. It coordinates with business representatives and engineering colleagues to support cross-functional objectives and complete interrelated design work. Additional duties include analyzing returned products, recommending improvements, dispositioning finished products submitted to the Material Review Board, creating work instructions, and participating in technical meetings and committees as requested. A B.S. in an engineering discipline and 3–6 years of engineering or design experience are required. U.S. Person status, as defined by applicable law, is required for authorized access to ITAR-controlled data.

Requirements

B.S. in an engineering discipline.
3–6 years of experience in an engineering or design environment.
Experience using 3D CAD software.
Strong computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Office.
Ability to work in a cross-functional team environment.
Effective communication skills with internal and external customers.
U.S. Person status as defined by applicable law for authorized access to ITAR-controlled data.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of FEA systems.
Experience in polymer, plastics, or elastomer design or manufacturing.
Basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma principles; White Belt preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance to external customers, sales, manufacturing, and quality; visit customer sites when required.
Recommend materials based on application criteria and functional guidelines, and review material specifications for alignment with customer requirements.
Generate and approve design proposals through the Global Incremental Process and communicate alignment or misalignment with customer requirements and internal capabilities.
Ensure model accuracy, design documentation, drafting standards, and testing requirements are met when generating or approving production drawings.
Conduct moderately complex design analysis on components and assemblies, including work that may extend current product, material, or manufacturing capabilities, and prepare required documentation.
Define testing, qualification, and validation methods aligned with application requirements; communicate testing methods and finished-product and system capabilities to Central Engineering.
Produce and approve external-facing technical reports as needed.
Maintain awareness of customer and industry technical requirements and the business impact of technical decisions.
Coordinate cross-functional design execution by seeking input from business representatives and engineering personnel and supporting project completion.
Analyze returned products to identify failure modes and improvement opportunities, and advise team members or customers on design changes and product improvements.
Disposition finished products submitted to the Material Review Board using department procedures.
Generate departmental work instructions aligned with industry standards and external customer requirements.
Attend and participate in technical meetings and committees as requested, representing Greene, Tweed and providing input on materials and parts specifications.