NPI Product Engineer

HP•Corvallis, OR

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Specialist-level Product Engineering position within HP’s imaging and printing business. Our print technology includes the merging of complex design constraints, the use of material combinations, and extensive product testing/qualification to deliver high-quality products that provide excellent end-user performance. The Product Engineer is responsible for owning the form, fit, and function of the product, and for developing and implementing robust quality systems to monitor manufacturing processes and ensure product requirements are consistently met or exceeded, resulting in exceptional end-user performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Materials Engineering.
3+ years in product engineering or similar engineering activities (Systems Interactions engineering, Writing Systems engineering).
Ability to work across organizations, including using influence to ensure all decisions are centered around customer quality.
Ability to work with a team or product engineers to drive towards a common set of objectives.
Solid understanding of physics and core engineering materials.
Ability to broadly contribute in a fast-paced, industrial R&D environment.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Good planning, organizational, and documentation skills.
Ability to give clear and effective presentations to inform and persuade peers and managers.

Nice To Haves

Experience in CREO 3D/2D.
Experienced in JMP/SQL
Experienced in FMEA
Experienced in 8D, LPS and RCD

Responsibilities

Understand and develop customer (product) and manufacturing (process) requirements.
Partner with R&D to define quality requirements.
Develop and characterize quality systems & test methods to minimize or eliminate risks and ensure the product meets the end-customer quality requirements.
Using DOE characterization and subsequent results, refine specifications end-to-end (product to process) to ensure a shippable product. This includes material, process, and other variations.
Partner with Southeast Asia high-volume counterparts to drive NPI transfer activities to high-volume manufacturing sites.
Manage the qualification of change of the released product.
Triage proto and production parts to determine the cause of failure.
Drive root cause evaluation and issue resolution as problems arise in proto and production.
Partner with other organizations to drive product investigations/issue escalations for released products.
Understand data connectivity methods used in part tracking within and across factories.
Work with IT partners to ensure data connectivity exists and that data retrieval is operationally correct as materials and parts/assemblies move from one factory to another, often across borders and continents.
Access databases to retrieve needed critical process and product data using scripting tools to do so.
Partner and support other key organizations such as the Fab, equipment/tooling design teams, product engineering, and printer teams.
Assist with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) in new product development to reduce risk at the launch of new products.
Collaborate with process and supply chain partners to design and complete margin studies to ensure we have a clear path to stability.
Deliver clear documentation, reporting, and communication of your work.
Ensure the capture of critical knowledge & conduct knowledge transfer.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave