Product Engineer

Zero-Max•Plymouth, MN

3d•$91,000 - $102,000•Onsite

About The Position

Zero-Max is currently recruiting for a Product Engineer responsible for coordinating activities to design, manufacture, process and test components, products, and systems. This includes developing new products and modifying pre-engineered products for customer applications. You will provide technical support to Sales and Marketing, Production, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality Control.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical degree with a minimum of 5 years of engineering and design related experience; or a combination of relevant education and experience
Experience with 3D modeling software
Experience with Statics & Strength of Materials
Practical experience with Geometric Dimension &Tolerance
Experience with the Microsoft Office is a must
Ability to efficiently communicate information

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree
Experience designing, tolerancing, and specifying surface finishes for machined components
Project Management Skills
Experience with Solidworks CAD/PDM/SIM
Experience with process capability studies (Cpk), statistics, and data analysis
Exposure to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology

Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of new products, bring own perspective to conceptualization, create drawings with parts lists and methods of manufacturing
Conduct peer reviews of engineering designs, drawings and other engineering documentation needed for manufacturing against customer orders for prototypes
Perform design optimization studies, motion studies and other PC-based simulations
Product performance test plans, develop test setups, participate in testing of prototypes
Collaborate with Quality, Production and Tooling at product launch and throughout the entire product lifecycle
Analyze engineering specifications, performance requirements, and related data and drawings to determine feasibility of application, product selection, and design scope
Create preliminary designs, estimate manufacturing costs, request pricing for purchased components
Confirm production costs and details design, contribute to testing of special products
Check the quality of own designs, perform peer design reviews
Provide after sale support with troubleshooting and with evaluation of returned product
Create and maintain engineering data with item masters and with fabrication methods
Update engineering drawings, specifications, item masters and manufacturing methods upon customer’s feedback and requests, to address issues or to reduce production costs
Document engineering changes, selects a correct Engineering Change Management approach and coordinates change routings by using the Engineering Change Order
Identify component features Critical to Quality and collaborate with Quality in the development of Inspection Plans and the dispositioning on non-conform parts
Create and maintain engineering specifications and assembly instructions
Create and present conclusions from design, analyses of data and test reports