Product Engineer

Steel Partners•Menomonee Falls, WI

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About The Position

The Product Engineer is a technical expert within the engineering department, responsible for executing all aspects of product design, including electrical and mechanical design. The role begins with creating an electrical design by defining electrical parameters, converting them into a magnetic design, and establishing mechanical requirements. The Product Engineer communicates technical requirements to teammates and people across the organization and ensures products meet agency requirements. The Product Engineer also supports existing products through the engineering change order (ECO) process, assessing requested changes and ensuring approved changes are implemented properly. The role works with all parts of the organization and contributes to both current new-product development and technology intended to support future success. The role provides manufacturing support, engineering support for ECOs and some new product introduction (NPI) activities, and limited support for cost-reduction efforts. It is accountable for meeting assigned deadlines, communicating existing-product quality information to manufacturing, supporting aspects of new-product design quality and design turnaround, contributing to new-product vitality index goals, and supporting risk management and mitigation. The Product Engineer is the technical owner of the electrical aspects of projects, with support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
0 to 3 years of experience.
Moderate knowledge of all products.
Moderate understanding of the design process.
Moderate skills and knowledge in simulation tools.
Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts effectively.

Responsibilities

Provide support to the manufacturing team.
Provide engineering support for change requests (ECOs).
Provide some engineering support for new product introduction (NPI).
Provide limited engineering support for cost-reduction efforts.
Meet deadlines assigned by project managers or other team members.
Communicate all aspects of existing-product quality to the manufacturing team.
Support aspects of new-product design quality and design turnaround time.
Support achievement of new-product vitality index goals.
Support aspects of risk management and risk mitigation.
Serve as the technical owner of the electrical aspects of projects, with support.
Create electrical designs by defining electrical parameters and converting them into magnetic designs and mechanical requirements.
Communicate technical requirements across the team and organization.
Ensure products meet agency requirements.
Assess the validity of requested product changes and ensure changes are properly implemented.