Design Project Engineer

SUMMARY

Design / Project Engineer is responsible for providing engineering and technical expertise for new and existing product and process development and improvement / troubleshooting. Design / Project Engineer works as a liaison operating at the intersection of the engineering, sales, quality and operations departments. Incumbent use customer input and sales information to design or re-design, develop and / or test process, tooling and method designs. This position will also conduct simulations of metal flow to improve the tooling and method designs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage projects, NPI and other product launches through utilization of the DIAMOND stage gate process
• Develop, recommend and implement new product design and product improvement efforts managing product development process through various stages including prototype development and certification, material / labor costing, and production methodology.
• Support SMART program by defining and facilitating continuous improvement activities; apply Lean, Six Sigma and sound RCA tools.
• With support of the Director of Engineering, coordinate closely with other departments including Sales, Supply Chain, Quality and Operations as well as outside suppliers, designers and technicians throughout all stages of product design and improvement processes.
• Design and simulate tooling and process to produce a finished forged part that meets customer specifications
• Utilize design software and tools to provide valid information to technically support sales
• Designs forged part from customers machine drawing, forging part drawing, or 3-D model. Revises drawings and models due to customer changes or internal needs.
• Designs the preform shapes and operations required to produce the finish forged part
• Setup and run FEM simulations to validate that the tooling design will produce an acceptable finish forging
• Interfaces with shop floor associates to discuss and resolve design and manufacturing issues

Other duties as assigned