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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive engineering experience, with increasing levels of technical and leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading an engineering team or function.
• Strong mechanical design and engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with 3D CAD and engineering drawings.
• Experience with manufacturing processes, particularly machining and assembly.
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Experience with bills of materials, engineering documentation, and engineering change processes.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical requirements with cost, schedule, quality, and business considerations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with pneumatic systems, air tools, power tools, or related industrial equipment.
• Experience in aerospace, automotive, industrial, or other precision manufacturing environments.
• Experience with ERP, PDM, PLM, or other engineering data-management systems.
• Experience leading new product development programs.
• Experience with product cost reduction and value engineering.
• Experience integrating engineering functions following an acquisition.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the engineering organization, including setting priorities, allocating resources, and establishing performance expectations.
• Develop the capabilities of the engineering team through coaching, mentoring, training, and continuous improvement.
• Establish clear engineering standards, processes, and best practices.
• Manage engineering workload and resources to support company priorities and customer commitments.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Identify and implement tools, technologies, and processes that improve engineering effectiveness.
• Lead the development of new products from concept through design, prototyping, testing, production release, and continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain design standards for mechanical components, assemblies, pneumatic systems, and related products.
• Provide technical direction on complex design and engineering problems.
• Review and approve engineering designs, drawings, bills of materials, specifications, and other technical documentation.
• Ensure products meet applicable customer requirements, performance expectations, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive design-for-manufacturing and design-for-assembly principles throughout the product development process.
• Support product cost-reduction initiatives through design optimization, material selection, manufacturing improvements, and standardization.
• Provide engineering support for existing products throughout their lifecycle.
• Lead resolution of recurring product, manufacturing, quality, and field issues.
• Evaluate and implement engineering changes to improve product performance, manufacturability, cost, and reliability.
• Maintain product documentation, drawings, models, bills of materials, specifications, and engineering records.
• Establish effective Engineering Change Management processes and ensure changes are properly reviewed, approved, documented, and implemented.
• Identify opportunities to standardize components, designs, and manufacturing methods across the product portfolio.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing and Operations to ensure engineering designs are practical, efficient, and manufacturable.
• Provide technical support for machining, assembly, inspection, and manufacturing processes.
• Work with Operations to resolve production issues and improve manufacturing processes.
• Participate in make-versus-buy, process selection, capacity, and manufacturing strategy decisions.
• Support the introduction of new products and engineering changes into production.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturability while maintaining product performance and quality.
• Collaborate with Sales and Business Development to evaluate new opportunities, customer requirements, and technical feasibility.
• Provide technical input to quoting and estimating activities when engineering capability, manufacturing complexity, or product requirements are factors in the decision.
• Work with Quality to address customer complaints, nonconformances, corrective actions, and product quality issues.
• Partner with Operations and leadership to establish priorities based on customer requirements, capacity, cost, and business objectives.
• Communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Represent Engineering in leadership meetings and strategic business discussions.
• Establish and maintain effective engineering documentation and data-management practices.
• Own the engineering portion of the company’s product lifecycle and document-control processes.
• Develop and maintain standards for: Engineering drawings, 3D CAD models, Bills of materials, Engineering specifications, Engineering changes, Customer drawings and documentation, Product configurations and revisions.
• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of CAD, PDM/PLM, ERP, and other engineering systems.
• Ensure engineering data is accurate, controlled, accessible, and aligned with manufacturing and business systems.
• Develop and execute an engineering strategy aligned with the company’s overall business objectives.
• Identify opportunities for new products, product improvements, technology development, and intellectual property.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, materials, manufacturing processes, and engineering tools.
• Establish engineering metrics and use data to drive improvements in engineering performance.
• Develop and manage the engineering budget.
• Support acquisition and integration activities by evaluating engineering capabilities, products, documentation, processes, and systems of acquired companies.
• Help establish scalable engineering processes that support continued company growth.