Overall Responsibilities:The Senior Product Engineer design solutions for products and set up product specifications to meet business goals.RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Product development: Working closely with design, test, manufacturing, and quality engineering team members to provide support.
- Product specifications: Establishing product specifications to meet organizational goals.
- Test programs: Developing test programs, hardware, DVP&R
- Data analysis: Analyzing statistical data for new and sustaining products.
- Product release documentation: Generating and managing product release documentation.
- Cost reduction: Driving cost reduction activities.
- Product issues: Working on resolutions to product issues using data analysis.
- Train, and mentor other Engineers and supporting staff.
- Ensure APQP compliance during engineering development activities, as well as interface deliverables.
- Manage access to OE CAD data via various avenues including SEMA and direct contact with OEM representatives.
- Utilize and coordinate robust product designs practices within Engineering.
- Interface with customers to obtain technical requirements and engineering specifications (QFD and related activities).
- Support safety initiatives, policies, and procedures to ensure plant operations are safe and consistent with company standards and help reduce accidents and injuries.
- Exemplify and foster teamwork within the company. Promptly respond to concerns, issues, and suggestions and acts to ensure positive employee relations.
- Ensure full compliance with all applicable requirements and specifications imposed by the company, the customer, and/or the industry.
- Other duties as assigned or needed.
Characteristics and skills:
- Experience with concept to completion stage gate methodology.
- Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must be a self-starter capable of working both independently, as well as part of a team.
- Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule.
- Work may require occasional weekends and/or evening work.
- The ability to travel is required - estimated 10%. Valid driver's license.
- Critical thinking, analysis, and creativity.
- Understanding of Product Data Management systems and workflow
- Experience in presenting gate reviews, gate packages, senior leadership product development reviews in a disciplined and detailed product development process.
- Must be able to balance team and individual responsibilities, giving and receiving feedback, while supporting efforts to succeed.
- Generating creative solutions and being able to translate concepts and information into images.
- Must have strong computer skills and be proficient with Microsoft Office software and related packages.
- Must have strong analytical skills and be well organized, an excellent problem solver, motivator, and decision maker.
- Working knowledge of truck and vehicle accessories, plastics technology, fiberglass manufacturing would be a plus along with project experience in the automotive, OEM, construction, industrial, or vehicle/equipment/aftermarket industry.
Educational and other requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline
- 10-years minimum experience in product engineering
- Good administrative, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals.
- Familiar with quality systems and quality requirements
- Familiarity with FEA and CFD tools.
- Experience developing DFMEA's and DVP&R's
- Six Sigma experience highly desirable
- CAD experience a plus (especially SolidWorks)
- Experience with lean principles (5S, kaizen, value stream mapping, demand flow etc.)
- Good mechanical, analytical, and technical skills.
- A true collaborative leader that embraces the idea that he/she is the go-to person.
- Must be an initiative-taker capable of working both independently, as well as part of a team.