NPD Project Engineer, Mechanical
Location: Charlotte
Department: New Product Development Engineering
Reports To : Category Design Leader
Summary:
The Project Engineer develops products of moderate complexity with minimum supervision from a Design Manager. Products are taken from concept through design, qualification, and into successful production.
Responsibilities include:
Working closely with Product Marketing, demonstrate design intent and concept feasibility through CAD solid models and physical prototypes as needed.
Create complex 3-D surface and solid Pro/Engineer CAD models of new products as well as detailed engineering drawings to support manufacturing.
Through analysis, determine and optimize the design.
Develop products in accordance with 3 key objectives: security/functionality, ease-of-use, and aesthetics.
Work with cross functional team including Electronics Engineering, Industrial Design, Marketing, Manufacturing & Quality to achieve product goals.
Schedule meetings to review product design in each phase of engineering.
Develop and track test plans to qualify designs.
Provide assistance in determining product goals.
Plan and manage resources to meet schedules.
Clearly and frequently communicate with all functional areas.
Develop standards, procedures and compliance there of.
Support manufacturing as needed for manufacturing engineering change requests.
Knowledge:
Apply proper principles of drawing, dimensioning, Tolerancing.
Understand and apply current techniques for design of plastic parts for injection molding and manufacturing assembly.
Thoroughly familiar with and experienced in processes used to produce parts and assemble products.
Tollgate product development process experience
Education:
BSME required. 5 yrs post-graduate engineering experience or equivalent experience is required.