Product Engineer

Trelleborg•SeaTac, WA

127d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Engineer will be responsible for overseeing the product cost management process, from customer request to order receipt. This role involves coordinating quotes, proposing project timelines, and providing technical support to various internal and external stakeholders. The engineer will also monitor projects for changes, support estimating rules, and drive supplier development for innovative solutions and cost savings. Additionally, the role includes leading product family reviews, facilitating the disposition of tooling, and identifying cost reduction opportunities through analysis. The Product Engineer will also participate in technical reviews, feasibility studies, and design reviews, developing skills to offer complete sealing solutions. Responsibilities extend to managing inter-company price lists, maintaining part numbers, providing site-specific KPIs, and supporting qualification test plans and reports. The engineer will be the primary source of technical information for a focused product group.

Requirements

4-year degree in engineering or other technical field required
1 year of manufacturing experience
Experience with CAD software
Must have a strong understanding of application of materials and design in manufacturing environments
Experience in dealing with stakeholders (internal & external) at all levels in the business
Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and excellent presentation capabilities.
Excellent problem solving capability.
Ability to process large amounts of data and technical information and be confident in the understanding of such information.
Strong networking and interpersonal skills.
Self motivated and analytical with reasoned, well balanced decision making qualities.
Strong skills and expertise within the department and wider business
Must be a U.S. person within the meaning of ITAR (U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, Political Asylee or Refugee).

Nice To Haves

Database and ERP operating systems experience is preferred
Experience within the Aerospace industry and preferably in polymer manufacturing

Responsibilities

Oversee the estimating process for inquiries from receipt of customer request to receipt of order.
Coordinate locally the enquiry priority based on evaluation and analysis of overall business opportunities.
Lead the coordination of quotes for specification enquiries.
Propose indicative project timelines and milestones for enquiries, ensuring data is made available to New Product Introduction & Project Management teams.
Proactively provide technical support to application engineers, sales engineers and end customers on technical capabilities of product, limitations, alternative solutions, and commercial impacts, using evidence based methodology.
Monitor & review projects for any design or concept changes in customer requirement, identifying technical, operational, and commercial impacts.
Support the management of estimating rules and templates.
Instigate supplier capability development to ensure suppliers help TSS to achieve innovative solutions as well as cost saving opportunities.
Lead periodic product family reviews for manufacturing process, BoM & BoL adherence, actioning or escalating any deviations with stakeholders.
Identify and facilitate disposition of unused customer and TSS owned tooling along with customer support teams and customers.
Investigate and identify cost reduction opportunities through costs analysis reviews.
Instigate and lead cross functional feasibility studies for new business enquiries.
Participate in design reviews and other project related meetings.
Develop skills to apply multiple products/processes to a customer problem in order to present the marketing companies with a complete sealing solution where possible.
Manage inter-company price lists.
Maintain and assign all local site specific part numbers in accordance with TSS standards.
Provide monthly, site specific KPI's.
Participate in monthly site review of active enquiries & projects.
Provide support for Qualification Test Plans, Qualification Test Reports, & FMEA's.
Responsible for providing all technical information regarding a focused product group.