Project Engineer

Kinetico Incorporated•Suwanee, GA

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Engineer role is responsible for leadership of product development projects from a technical point of view, with further responsibility for product performance analysis, design validation and collaboration with manufacturing regarding design for manufacturability for the KineticoPRO® filtration center of excellence in Suwanee, GA. Product development is focused on several key water filtration platforms in the commercial filtration market.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical.
5+ years of experience in designing highly reliable products, for mass production.
Experience with engaging other functions within the organization to create project scope documents.
Understanding and ability to prescribe various product testing and validation methodologies.
Direct experience using SolidWorks to create 3D models and 2D drawings.
Understanding of and ability to perform tolerance stack-up calculations.
Understanding of seal design, injection molding, and metal machining / fabrication.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills in order to manage multiple customers and stakeholders
Leadership skills and collaborative work style
Strong analytical, problem solving and project management skills
Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task

Nice To Haves

Experience with water filtration products is a plus.

Responsibilities

Leads technical product development projects from a design and engineering perspective.
Develops 2D/3D models and prints using SolidWorks.
Designs components, sealing members, interfaces, structural members, and systems utilizing drinking-water compatible materials.
Performs Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis on product designs to ensure manufacturability, field performance, and meets marketing / customer requirements.
Develops low-cost proof of concept prototypes, performs structural testing and incorporates learnings to optimize the cost, feasibility, and performance of the designs.
Applies a “decision by data” approach and seeks ways to identify simple and economic means to gather and document product performance.
Engages manufacturing / operations and proposes cost reduction or yield enhancement opportunities tied to design or assembly operations. Drives changes to enhance value / performance / and reduce labor cost.
Collaborates with suppliers to ensure components are manufactured to design and performance expectation. Is willing to alter the design for reduced cost and enhanced manufacturability while keeping the design intent vision and product performance outcome intact.
Participates in formal design reviews, DFM / DFA activities, and automation design.
Leads / manages projects on a day-to-day basis towards agreed upon completion dates.