Product Engineer

Crane Company•Marion, NC

10d

About The Position

The Product Engineer focuses on innovation, development, and maintenance of product designs. The position is responsible for major new developments and for shepherding new products from ideation through successful market launch, with full design responsibility throughout their life cycle. A key performance metric is revenue growth through new product sales. The role also maintains existing designs through value engineering, design updates, and corrections. The Product Engineer leads or supports quality improvement initiatives under IATF 16949-2016 to achieve set sigma levels for the value stream and guides production teams in resolving issues using relevant departmental expertise. The role includes hands-on product and process development for fluoropolymer-lined fluid handling components, including computer-aided design, prototyping, testing, and optimization. It also serves as technical lead for assigned new product development projects in a cross-functional team environment.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a related degree.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for communicating with vendors and customers and for internal reporting.
Product design and development expertise.
Strong project management skills.
Ability to work as a team player while demonstrating individual initiative and decision-making ability.
Manufacturing process development experience.

Nice To Haves

Minimum 5–7 years of manufacturing and product development experience.
Working familiarity with Six Sigma tools and experimental design.
Plastics processing expertise, particularly with fluoropolymers.
Experience with machining, welding, and metal forming.

Responsibilities

Develop products and processes for manufacturing fluoropolymer-lined fluid handling components through hands-on CAD, prototyping, testing, and optimization.
Act as technical lead on assigned new product development projects, including project management and reporting in a cross-functional team environment.
Understand industry and customer specifications and apply them in the product development process.
Interface with customers and suppliers to understand needs, develop applications, and identify opportunities.
Work with existing and new vendors to specify optimized materials for new and existing products.
Collaborate with Product, Process, and Operational Excellence Engineers to develop solutions to product design problems.
Use collaborative design processes, including DFMEA, 3P, and kaizen, to enhance innovation and prevent problems.
Ensure adherence to the Fluid Handling Group NPD process, Resistoflex Engineering Change Control Procedure, and applicable ISO 9001 procedures.
Participate in quality improvements under IATF 16949-2016 and complete toll gates for DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, and in-house process capability studies.
Ensure requirements of relevant standards, including ISO 9001-2015, PED 2014/68/EU, API Spec. Q1, and API 6D, are consistently met and improved.
Lead or support quality improvement initiatives to achieve set sigma levels for the value stream.
Guide the production team in issue resolution using relevant departmental expertise.
Maintain existing product designs through value engineering, updates, and corrections.