What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Engineer II position at AprilAire?
We are currently in search of a Product Engineer II to join our Dehumidification team here at our Sun Prairie Innovation Center! In this dynamic role you will help with new and existing design solutions, identify opportunities for product and/or process change, and provide technical product support to Procurement and Operations to help maintain production schedules.
This is a hybrid position with three days a week required in Sun Prairie, WI.
The Product Engineer II Engineer is tasked with responsibilities in the following key areas:
- Preparing engineering specifications
- Providing technical product support to Procurement and Operations to maintain production schedule
- Developing cost effective, innovative new product design solutions and improving existing designs
- Identifying robust, cost-effective production methods
Leadership Accountabilities
- Improve and integrate the design and development of products within the Product Engineering team.
- Prepare and approve production documentation
- Identify product or productivity improvement opportunities
- Collaborate with other functional groups as a technical resource for product line.
- Be a technical voice in design reviews and design decisions.
Execution
- Move designs forward to completion through innovation and collaboration
- Execute project schedules, budgets, and performance deliverables.
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities such as warranty analysis, cost reduction, and alternate components evaluations
- Use engineering problem solving tools and methods to systematically solve production or customer issues.
Process
- Ensure adherence to processes such as FMEA, Warranty, FRACAS, PCO, NPI, and Quality Audit.
- Collaborate with others in the Engineering team and other departments to accomplish goals and solve issues
- Provide status and information to keep stakeholders informed and engaged of progress on key activities.
Technical
- Support purchasing of materials:
- Evaluate alternate components against product specifications
- Assist in qualifying vendors to meet product requirement
- Provide application support to Product Management and Customer Service
- Provide technical input for Continuous Improvement projects (Cost and Quality)
- Collaborate with Lab Operation team and Product Approval team
- Support manufacturing and operations
- Follow engineering and problem-solving principles in the execution of day-to-day work
- Provide technical input in Product Engineering activities and Engineering design reviews.
- Government and Regulatory Management
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or similar disciplines
- Requires 2 years of product engineering experience including new product design and/or sustaining activities
- Requires experience designing products that include refrigeration systems such as in appliances, HVAC products, or automotive products.
- Experience in the design of high volume products is desirable
- Experience working within industry codes and standards.
- An understanding of refrigeration sealed systems required, including, but not limited to:
- Analyzing psychometrics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics
- Guiding Sourcing team for key component selection for both refrigeration and air-moving system
- Guiding model shop for product prototyping, constructing test plans and conducting developmental testing
- Investigating field returned warranty unit and determining solutions when issues occur
- Passion for improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and achieving the goal of healthy air.
- Experience leading or having a primary role on a team maintaining and improving current products.
- Working knowledge of SolidWorks; ability to use for design and use analysis tools is a plus
- Industry experience in consumer products, commercial products and/or electronic products that are mass produced.
- Must have effective technical communication skills.
- Must be able to produce professional and usable engineering output with minimal direction.
- Working knowledge of regulations, standards, and codes such as those produced or endorsed by, but not limited to, IEC, IEEE, NEMA, NEC, UL, AHRI, and ASHRAE.
- Understanding of Design for Six Sigma is a plus
- Demonstrated understanding of environmental, reliability & qualification testing.
Work authorization in the US is required for all candidates.