Description

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Senior Product Engineer is responsible for organizing and leading standards and processes related to the development of new products, as well as improvement of existing products through the efforts of a cross-functional product development team. This position focuses on utilizing senior level technical experience to ensure that designs will meet specifications and customer expectations for safety, reliability, productivity, and cost effectiveness.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic and Functional

• Promote an environment of continuous improvement of engineering processes and documentation to increase throughput, design efficiencies, and product quality.
• Develop and ensure standardization and best practices for design and documentation using configure to order or other methods.
• Assist with development of options and variants for Garlock product lines in conjunction with engineering team members including bill of material structure, routings, drawings, item master information and cost information.
• Research, test and recommend new and emerging technologies and processes in the systems and components.
• Investigate, apply, and ensure compliance with applicable domestic and international design standards for machine design related to OSHA and applicable industry standards.
• Direct and review grouping or catalogs of select mechanical components, systems and structures utilized on Garlock equipment including: frames and other welded steel structures, engines, generators, cooling systems, air filtration, tanks, etc.
• Use technical experience and sound engineering judgment to complete RFIs, feasibility studies, design reviews, deviation approvals, and product nonconformance investigations.
• Use a working knowledge of solid modeling design and documentation practices, create concept layouts, review and check designs and documentation.
• Direct the design and layout of equipment by use of the design review process and informal consultation to guide the technical decisions of mechanical personnel.
• Ensure products and systems are designed per specification while meeting company quality standards and customer expectations.
• All other tasks as assigned.

POSITION IMPACT:

The Senior Product Engineer is the technical interface between the Garlock engineering department and product development. They also represent engineering in cross functional work groups.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), or similar degree from four-year college or university; and at least seven years related experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or suppliers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Possess the ability to apply appropriate mathematical concepts with respect to standard engineering functions and practices. This includes the ability to identify the nature and magnitude of loads and stresses a product will endure under foreseeable application scenarios and execute mathematical operations to analyze and validate a products’ ability to perform as intended. Possess a familiarity with accepted software programs intended for the mathematical evaluation of structures and power requirements. Possess the ability to perform standard arithmetic functions with respect to product cost estimation and validation.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None Required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Stand
• Walk
• Sit
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb or balance
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Talk or hear
• Taste or smell

WEIGHT LIFTED OR FORCE EXERTED

• Up to 10 pounds
• Up to 25 pounds
• Up to 50 pounds

VISION REQUIREMENTS (with or without correction)

• Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
• Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
• Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)
• Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

Comments on the specific job duties that require the physical demands selected.

Position may require work in shop, overseeing construction of prototypes as well as work in the field conducting product demonstrations. Also, ability to operate PC based CAD system and read technical documentation

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work near moving mechanical parts
• Work in high, precarious places
• Fumes or airborne particles
• Outdoor weather conditions
• Risk of electrical shock
• Vibration

NOISE LEVEL

• Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)
• Loud (examples: metal can manufacturing department, large earth-moving equipment)

Comments on the specific job duties that are affected by the environmental conditions selected above.

• Position is required to work in the office as well as production area and occasionally visits job sites.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• A minimum of seven years design engineering experience with fabricated sheetmetal and weldments
• Proficiency applying engineering principles in a manufacturing environment required.
• Proficiency with Solidworks CAD systems required.