Senior OEM Engineer
About The Position
The Senior OEM Engineer is a senior technical expert and design leader within Armstrong Fluid Technology’s OEM channel. The role provides technical leadership for design and manufacturing activities at Armstrong and its customers, working across functional teams and with customers, industry specialists, and organizations. The engineer maintains and expands market and technical knowledge through customer relationship management, field travel, and participation in relevant trade shows, symposiums, and conferences. The role also provides technical input to Armstrong products and business. The position owns technical relationships with assigned OEM customers, oversees pump-package programs, and helps ensure engineering work meets standards and customer commitments. It leads customer-solution design and design-for-excellence activities, supports sales and engineering teams, and manages engineering documentation, manufacturing bills of materials, and ERP data. The role also issues pump-package drawing packages and supports assembly builds. Travel is estimated at 10% to 20%, with some international travel potentially required.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.
- At least 8 years of experience in integrated packaged systems design, piping design, and development of customer solutions, preferably in the HVAC industry.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to think clearly and logically, analyze quantitatively, solve problems, and define technical requirements.
- Highly analytical approach and ability to visualize and present complex data.
- Demonstrated success working on individual projects and as a team member and contributor.
- Experience and ability using SolidWorks 3D, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to communicate by phone, email, and face-to-face.
- Ability to travel an estimated 10% to 20%; some international travel to Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia may be required.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience in the HVAC and plumbing pump industry is strongly preferred.
- Other pumping-industry experience is highly desirable.
- Previous experience with mechanical skid packages and/or hydronic design.
- High-performance cultural fit with the U.S. team is an asset.
Responsibilities
- Oversee existing and new OEM pump-package programs and help ensure Project and Application Engineers complete engineering and design work according to standards and technical commitments.
- Build technical relationships with assigned customer technical teams to understand product strategies and development roadmaps.
- Interpret customer applications and specifications and develop engineering standards and solutions for products.
- Protect on-time delivery of customer commitments, from co-development of integrated products through operations execution.
- Provide technical assistance, information, support, and guidance to customers and sales representatives.
- Contribute to proposals, data packages, and products, and review sales orders for correct pricing and product selections when requested.
- Provide SolidWorks support and training to designers and team members for 3D parts and assemblies and 2D detail drawings.
- Support inside and outside sales with pump-package and component pricing.
- Lead or collaborate with global engineering and MPS teams to deliver modular performance systems to MPS channels, including OEM and hyperscale data centers.
- Ensure business systems are set up properly and document control is followed to provide clear order-entry information.
- Ensure processes are followed for Engineering Action Requests, Engineering Change Orders, OEM Configurator support, cost and price reduction initiatives, and OEM product design opportunities.
- Lead customer-solution designs and the DFX process, including reviews for manufacturability, assembly, quality, sourcing, service, delivery, and commissioning.
- Deliver clean manufacturing bills of materials from CAD through PLM and ERP.
- Manage Armstrong ERP data, including BOM and routing updates, modifications, and item creation.
- Issue pump-package drawing packages to the assembly team and provide support during builds.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
