Senior Product Development Engineer
About The Position
The role of PCG Sr. Product Development Engineer is responsible for the full lifecycle of new product design and development (NPD), from initial concept through production launch, with a focus on innovation, sustainability, process improvement, and R&D. They will create CAD models, conduct FEA/testing, select materials, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure products meet design, cost, and regulatory requirements. The Senior Design Engineer operates within the company's core values of Accountability, Collaboration, and Empowerment (ACE), working directly with the engineering teams' business units with PCG and Core Engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
- Excellent organization, communication, and presentation skills to act as a direct technical liaison with internal and external functions, specifically applications engineering, program management, and sales
- Analytical thinker with demonstrated technical and CAD design abilities who works well with a team
- Drafting and/or CAD design
- Design techniques to meet cost targets as well as manufacturability
- Workflow processes and sequences in ERP systems
- General understanding of drawings, Mil-Specs, Industry standards, and customer requirements
- New Design Project Management & customer-facing discussions/presentations
Responsibilities
- Performs product design/development of new products to meet customer-funded programs and new product development projects in accordance with Hermetics engineering standards, systems, procedures, and policies
- Specifies designs and documents all materials, components, performance specifications, etc.
- Creates detailed drawings, procedures, and BOM’s as needed to manufacture designs
- Documents and records all product data/design information using CAD and product data management/ERP system
- Performs research to determine product design/development feasibility
- Initiates, reviews, and processes ECO’s for existing product designs/parts
- Follow your designs through production and solicit feedback from process engineering - support the designs beyond engineering release
- Experiment with new areas of SolidWorks that may ultimately help the department become more efficient and/or knowledgeable
- Identifies and/or specifies the sequence of production steps and special equipment/tooling requirements, test requirements, test plans/procedures, and special test equipment, sources for new materials, processes, and/or equipment
- Reviews and provides technical content of proposal/quote response (i.e., specification reviews, design concept drawings, performance limits, etc.) to applications and sales teams, pre-award
- Collaborate across PCG in a way that leads by example, holds people accountable, and utilizes data to make informed decisions
- Actively participate on behalf of the Engineering team both internally and externally on NPI projects, Quoting, Contract Review, Process Specifications, Design Release, MRBs, RMAs, CAR’s, production, and general customer inquiries
- Learn how all processes work and how design has an impact on them
- Delays and critical info should be communicated effectively.
- Follow your designs through production and solicit feedback from process engineering - support the designs beyond engineering release
- Experiment with new areas of SolidWorks that may ultimately help the department become more efficient and/or knowledgeable
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
