Product Engineer II

Hitchiner•Milford, NH

About The Position

The Product Engineer owns an investment-casting product portfolio spanning wax, shell, casting, and post-casting manufacturing processes. The role establishes and maintains internal and external manufacturing processes and serves as a customer interface, reviewing and approving technical drawings, models, and specifications. Product portfolios may support aerospace, automotive, and defense markets. The engineer designs, implements, and maintains processes, injection tooling, and fixtures or gauges used to manufacture investment castings to customer specifications. The role coordinates multidisciplinary project plans, prepares manufacturing documentation, obtains customer approvals for product introductions and improvements, and works with customer technical personnel to ensure quality and manufacturability. It also investigates manufacturing problems, initiates corrective actions, evaluates engineering changes and specification requirements, and analyzes statistical process and product data to guide improvement decisions. The position evaluates production practices, including work simplification, value analysis, workstation and methods analysis, production and test data, production methods, product yields, manufacturability, and method and time standards. It may lead targeted product or process improvement efforts using LEAN techniques and philosophies. The engineer may also train and develop less experienced technical personnel, must deliver commitments efficiently and on time, and is expected to follow the company’s code of conduct and safety and quality principles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
5–7 years of experience.
Familiarity with concepts in heat transfer, material solidification, manufacturing technologies involving metals, plastics, and ceramics, metallurgical or materials science, and technical drawings including GD&T.
Good communication and organizational skills.
Computer literacy, including competency with general MS Office applications, technical computer modeling, and statistical tools.
Project management experience working within budgetary and time constraints.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain processes, injection tooling, fixtures, and gauges for manufacturing investment castings to customer specifications.
Plan, coordinate, and execute project plans across multidisciplinary teams.
Complete manufacturing documentation and obtain customer approvals as needed to qualify product introductions and improvements.
Interface with customer technical personnel to ensure product quality and manufacturability, including recommending design or process alterations.
Investigate manufacturing problems and initiate corrective actions for products and processes.
Review, evaluate, and implement engineering changes and other specification requirements.
Analyze statistical data from process and product outputs to support improvement decisions.
Analyze production practices, including work simplification, value analysis, workstation and methods analysis, test and production data, production methods, product yields, manufacturability, and method and time standards.
May lead targeted product or process improvement efforts using LEAN techniques and philosophies.
Deliver commitments in a timely and efficient manner.
May train and develop less experienced technical personnel.
Observe the Hitchiner code of conduct and safety and quality principles.
Perform other duties as assigned.