Manufacturing Engineer

Your Opportunity is Here with HSM•Hickory, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Design, implement, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure efficient and cost-effective production, focusing on optimizing systems and technologies. Work with sales and manufacturing to develop new products with customer input. Design new dies to develop new products and modify existing ones to help production. Run R & D trials to develop new products and modify existing products. Assist production troubleshooting with manufacturing processes and equipment. Be familiar with all the regulatory information for PTI’s foam products and be the main go-to person for customer questions and documentation. Perform testing on foam samples and keep documentation. Work on Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) and Esprit to cut dies for product development and helping production. Work with production to calculate tooling for different production runs. Conduct R & D meetings bi-weekly and keep track of new updates on each project. Work closely with production to develop, coordinate, and implement technical training for employees. Calculate and keep track of PTI’s Emission in compliance with NC DEQ permit.

Requirements

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or related field or foreign equivalent.
If Master’s, three (3) years of manufacturing engineering experience.
If Bachelor’s, five (5) years of manufacturing engineering experience.
Experience with engineering software AUTO CAD and Esprit.
Experience working both individually and as a part of a team.
Experience implementing strategic planning.
Experience with analytics of engineering data.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure efficient and cost-effective production, focusing on optimizing systems and technologies.
Work with sales and manufacturing to develop new products with customer input.
Design new dies to develop new products and modify existing ones to help production.
Run R & D trials to develop new products and modify existing products.
Assist production troubleshooting with manufacturing processes and equipment.
Be familiar with all the regulatory information for PTI’s foam products and be the main go-to person for customer questions and documentation.
Perform testing on foam samples and keep documentation.
Work on Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) and Esprit to cut dies for product development and helping production.
Work with production to calculate tooling for different production runs.
Conduct R & D meetings bi-weekly and keep track of new updates on each project.
Work closely with production to develop, coordinate, and implement technical training for employees.
Calculate and keep track of PTI’s Emission in compliance with NC DEQ permit.