Product Development Engineer

JEFFERSON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION•West Jefferson, OH

20d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for applying all countermeasures for defects that may occur during mass production to customer drawings. At the same time, it is necessary to fulfill customer requirements, increase satisfaction and build good relationships. This role is part of the Sales and Development team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field.
Knowledge of CATIA is preferred but AutoCAD (or similar) is acceptable.
Ability to do root cause analysis on complex issues.
Must be detail oriented.
Able to plan and meet short and long-term deadlines.
Able to communicate cross functionally with all company divisions.
Customer / supplier negotiation experience.
Knowledge of modern welding and stamping processes, equipment, fixtures & tools.
New model development experience.
Problem tracking and documentation.
Time management.
Maintain an attendance record which reflects positively on position.
Experience with Microsoft Office.
Experience with CATIA V5 and 3DExperience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with coding (preferably CATScript and Microsoft VBA) is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Research and analyze customer design proposals and specifications to determine design manufacturing feasibility.
Extract manufacturability concerns from 2D/3D product drawings, create countermeasure requests and proposals to customers, and eliminate all concerns by die GO.
Thorough understanding and application of internal and customer engineering standards (G-TEKT Engineering Standards (GES), JIC Engineering standard, and HES).
Determine optimal countermeasure shape through forming CAE result analysis and create countermeasure shape using CATIA V5/3DExperience.
Extract welding concerns from welding process plan, welding gun data, GES, etc. and create countermeasure shapes.
Verify other possible problems during mass production and eliminate concerns.
Collaborate with all related departments and J-group plants to solve problems and improve business.
Collect past problem history (PPH) from plants and apply countermeasures to product drawings and die design.
Report the project status to managers and seek consultation/judgment as necessary.
Fulfill customer requirements and build/maintain good relationships.
Assist with weld layout and part setting order to make efficient mass production processes.
Lead or participate in assigned projects.
Target a 100% safety rate for E0-1 evaluation in the drawings.
Maintain open lines of communication with team members and partners.
Reply to customer requests with good tactics to balance customer satisfaction and company benefit.
Create CAD data to be utilized by simulation group.
Manage customer drawing data.