PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II

Primary Duties:

• Design and develop glass products with a focus on the Cut, Break, and Grind (CBG) process.
• Support glass development projects, assist program managers/project leaders in meeting project milestones, document development run results, plan and assist with improvement actions documented through run reports.
• Collect, manage, and maintain the ongoing and historical process and tooling data necessary to identify process and machine tendencies, while applying lessons learned.
• Identify process limitations and suggest necessary changes required to meet process capabilities.
• Assist the program managers in planning and provide responses to all open issues regarding assigned areas of responsibility.
• Act as engineering interface with plant process owners and outside vendors. Support engineering activities with internal and external customers as required.
• Research and develop materials and suppliers for new products and processes.
• Interface with OE Engineering team on part, tool, and process design including working with the Advanced Assembly team to ensure glass products work properly with their processes.
• Assist plants with production of first sample parts for NMI programs.
• Assist plants with support related requests as needed.
• Provide support to the feasibility process, on new programs and engineering changes. This includes an understanding of the financial impacts and effectively communicating any lessons learned from previous projects.
• Identify and communicate performance gaps and develop plans/proposals to bring projects to acceptable levels.
• Maintain good verbal and written communications with program/project teams and plant teams.
• Works within a team environment, to identify and resolve key process issues.
• Work in compliance with all safety rules and regulations.
• Adherence to NSG/Pilkington Standards of Business Conduct and its Values and Principles.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Willingness to relocate to gain additional experience and knowledge from other NSG facilities.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering discipline, Material Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years minimum manufacturing experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team skills.
• Excellent computer and analytical skills.
• Decision Making: Focus data analysis on the most relevant and important information without getting lost in the detail.
• Influential: Builds rapport and makes a positive and credible impact.

Qualifications Desired:

• Project management experience in the automotive industry (OEM/Tier1/2).
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and GD&T.
• Glass processing experience.
• Blackbelt/Greenbelt certification.
• Experience with CAD applications.

We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package, which includes 401k, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, company paid holidays, paid vacations, and education assistance.

NSG Group/Pilkington is an equal opportunity employer; M/F/D/V encouraged to apply. Qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. Applicants have the option to confidentially self-identify or not self-identify when applying.