What are the responsibilities and job description for the New Product Development Engineer position at Gulftech Group?
Job Title: Product Design Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports To: Engineering Director
FLSA: Exempt
Status: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday
Direct Reports: None
Location: Denver Tech Center (near Centennial airport)
Remote: 2 days/wk remote with 3 days in office
Who We Are
A multi-national well-established Original Equipment Manufacturer. Our brands have a long-standing and significant presence and brand recognition within their target markets and industries with a strong emphasis on total customer satisfaction.
The Gulftech International family of companies are the world’s recognized leaders in engineering, manufacturing, lease, sale and service of industrial food processing machinery. Our companies serve the largest food production and processing companies across the globe.
Position Scope:
This position provides the opportunity to work in a unique and innovative technical environment for a highly successful international OEM of food-processing-equipment. Engineering team members work on a diverse range of complex machine designs while making improvements to existing equipment and developing new machinery and products.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide mechanical engineering design, prototype build and test, and documentation creation of state-of-the-art new food machinery products.
- Recommend and implement progressive improvements to machinery in the areas of design-for- manufacturing, cost, quality and performance.
- Perform form, fit & function analysis for parts and assemblies. Convey proper design intent using Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing practices governed by ANSI Standard Y14.5.2.
- Use standard engineering principals and design practices to make the necessary calculations, failure risk assessments and design drawing updates as required to meet customer safety requirements, ergonomic requirements and performance specifications.
- Use Solidworks to create complete documentation including part, sub-assembly and top-level assembly drawings and associated bill-of-materials of equipment.
- Work seamlessly with Manufacturing, Sales, Service and Marketing to create new products and improve existing products.
- Work closely with Procurement to support second and third-party manufacturing requirements.
- Work with Product Data Management (PDM) team to create manufacturing documentation and instruction manuals.
- Work well with other Engineers to complete larger scale projects. At times function as a project team leader: organizing, assigning, and tracking task completion as needed.
Summary of Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- A minimum of 7 years of experience utilizing engineering principles in product design and/or related mechanical design work.
- Design experience in sheet metal, weldments, machined metal, castings, and plastic parts.
- Experience making mechanical part designs utilizing SolidWorks and/or a similar CAD package.
- Demonstrated skills in:
- Effective self-management of tasks and schedules
- Working well with other engineers to complete projects
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively in cross functional teams
- Hands on fabrication, assembly, and testing of new designs
- Must be willing and able to travel occasionally (domestic and international)
*The pay range for this role is $106,000 - $127,000 annually. Salary information is a general guideline only. Actual compensation considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, location, work experience, education, and key skills. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
*Atlas Pacific is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition, or privilege of employment. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, ancestry, race, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation/gender identity), color, religion, national origin, parental status, marital status, political affiliation, family medical history or genetic information, military or veteran status, disability, medical condition, or any other non-merit based factor or status protected by federal, state or local law.
Salary : $106,000 - $127,000