Product Development Engineer
Location
Illinois + 2 moreAll locations: Illinois | Michigan | Pennsylvania
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
$110K - $130K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Product Development Engineer
Guardian Industries - DeWitt
• The Product Development Engineer will assist in product development efforts for electro-mechanical interconnect (separable connectors) for Industrial applications. • This role involves providing technical expertise, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and involvement in projects from concept to production. • Design and development of next-generation products and components for the industrial connector market. • Interface with cross-functional team members including testing, manufacturing integration, project management, and sales. • Develop product and application specifications documents for testing that meet customer requirements. • Present concepts and detailed requirements to internal teams and customers to gain support for new product development. • Support Manufacturing and Quality Assurance during product launches and travel to manufacturing sites as needed. • Build relationships with cross-functional team members through team-building activities. • Identify, evaluate, and implement new technologies and methodologies for product development. • Work with marketing and external customers to define new project opportunities.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering Technology, or equivalent.
- Experience in product development efforts of electro-mechanical interconnect (separable connectors).
- Experience in product design for injection molded and/or metal stamping components.
- Knowledge of manufacturing / assembly processes and experience in Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
- Experience with development and testing of prototypes.
- Experience with the formulation of product test procedures.
- Experience in CAD software, preferably NX CAD software experience.
- Experience in PLM systems, including engineering change notice and documentation release procedures.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- flexible spending and health savings accounts
- life insurance
- ADD
- disability
- retirement
- paid vacation/time off
- educational assistance
- infertility assistance
- paid parental leave
- adoption assistance
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