Overview:
The CAD Designer II works within BISSELL's Computer Aided Design department as part of our larger Product Development and Engineering Organization. Reporting to the Manager-CAD, the individual in this role will provide expertise in the design for parts and components in the process for various BISSELL appliances and products in development or in production.
Responsibilities:
Broad Function
- Design plastic parts for cost effective and high-quality molding. Understand and properly decide rib and wall thickness, fillets, draft, feature coring, wall thickness, strength, cosmetics, etc.
- Assist with new product development as a pooled resource. Lead CAD on small to medium size projects. Assigned work may include basic design, drawings and tolerance stack-ups, with help from the Engineers or SR. Designers if needed.
- Assist in occasional CAD drafting and product changes. This includes developing drawings for release, occasional Engineering Change Orders (ECO), reviewing marked up prints, and incorporating changes.
Responsibilities
- Understands and executes the proper and cost effective design of electro-mechanical products, for safety, quality and manufacturability.
- Develop proficient CAD skills, continuously improve CAD expertise and help other CAD Team Members with technical support, training and general assistance as required.
- Able to understand and complete drawings according to CAD Standards Manual.
- Initiate CAD and/or systems recommendations toward continuous improvement in CAD usage, product development, and other procedures.
- Perform volume, weight and cost estimation of plastic and other parts using estimations of material cost.
- Provide CAD leadership to projects assigned. Create product geometry using CAD software. These would typically be small to medium size projects
- Manage project CAD data within Windchill software products. Learn and understand Windchill to better manage this data and make recommendations for improvements.
- Understand and apply GD&T properly on drawings.
- Maintain CAD Checklists as assigned.
- Mentor CAD Drafters through the EC process.
- Check over EC work to assure their accuracy, completeness and conformance to company standards.
- Create and maintain accurate assembly parts lists on new products and those affected by ECOs.
- Support the CAD department; perform CAD data transfers, help other users, and understand primary data management tools and other miscellaneous tasks.
Qualifications:
REQUIRED CORE COMPETENCIES
- Functional/Technical Expertise
- Global Business Acumen
- Self-Management
- Learning Versatility
- Delivers Results
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Managerial Courage
- Continuous Improvement
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION
Degree minimum: Bachelor of Science
Specific concentration: Engineering, Design, or a closely related field
Experience level: 4-7 years
SPECIALIZED TRAINING/EDUCATION PREFERRED
- Experience using ProE design software
- Consumer Product Goods (CPG) development experience