Product Development Engineer

Job Description
SUMMARY: Designs and develops new products and product improvements.

Your tasks Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for all design related activities on specific projects:
•Print dimensions / specifications
Product testing / validation
Define new testing equipment needs
•Support new design development and packaging study with Product Engineer, conduct design feasibility/manufacturability investigation with the supplier base.
•Conduct product benchmark analysis.
•Responsible for following Presta Product Life Cycle process & maintain PLM database at the released level.
•Organize BOM for prototype build, supervise RFQ process, and conduct (or supervise) prototype build.
•Develop test plan to validate new design ideas, conduct testing and Design Of Experiment.
•Define the test equipment requirements and generate test work instructions
•Summarize tests/FEA/Stack-up/etc results into presentation and present the overview to the project team, propose and define next development steps.
•Understand warranty issues and the impact the design has to it. Get historic of the design changes & supplier issues (DMR-QR). ? risk assessment
•Column interface study, review/generate tolerance stack-up. ? ensure product functionality, review/generate DFMEA and up-date accordingly
•Responsible to cascade project timing to purchasing, STA, Process Engineering to ensure project completion on time.
•Report out project status to the Product Engineer
•Problem solving
•Strong knowledge of die casting, stamping and plastic component design and process
Your profile Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering, preferably Mechanical Engineering or equivalent field with over 5 years experience in the automotive industry or similar industry. Advanced Engineering Degree is a plus. Experience using DOE, FEA, Statistics, problem solving tools, APQP, FMEA, Poka Yoke Design/Design for manufacturability, and AIAG automotive standards.

Computer and Technology Skills:
Use of Microsoft Office Suites software in a windows operating system. Use of Q-Das Statistical, Minitab or similar analytical software is required. Basic knowledge of Lotus Notes ,Catia V-5, IDEAS and data transfer basics is a plus.

We look forward to receiving your application by email.

Company

ThyssenKrupp Presta Terre Haute LLC

Job Code

State or Province

Indiana

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