Product Design Engineer

Deringer Ney; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Deringer Ney is seeking a Product Design Engineer to join the Product Design Team in Bloomfield, CT. This role serves as a technical liaison with customers, the sales department, and manufacturing to translate requirements into manufacturable products from concept through final design and manufacture.

The engineer will develop product concept models and final drawings for tooling, work with multiple engineering teams to quote parts, and contribute to prototype and production release activities

Qualifications

• Requires a 4-year engineering degree and 3–5 years’ related experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Proficiency with Creo CAD and knowledge of manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Meet with sales and customers to understand product requirements and goals.
• Collaborate with research and manufacturing to ensure producibility.
• Apply analyses to determine performance characteristics.
• Develop concept models and final design drawings for tooling.
• Quote prototype or production parts with other engineering teams.
• Contribute to prototype and release to production with process development and testing.

Skills

Engineering principles

Material properties

Geometric dimensioning & tolerancing

Manufacturing knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Creo CAD

Job description

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Full Time Bloomfield, CT, US

Job Summary:

The Product Design Engineer is a member of the Product Design Team. This position serves as a technical liaison, working closely with customers; sales department and manufacturing departments to understand customer requirements in order develop products from concept through final design and manufacture.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Duties/Responsibilities:

The product design engineer is responsible for the following areas:

• Meets with sales department and customers to understand product requirements and manufacturing goals.
• Works with research and manufacturing departments to ensure product requirements are achievable and realistic with respect to manufacturability.
• Understands and implements required analysis to determine product performance characteristics.
• Utilizes and understands cad software, standard file transfer tools and drawing practices.
• Works to develop product concept models, which are to be used as discussion tools to ensure customer goals, are satisfied.
• Develops final product design models and drawing packages for the design of manufacturing tooling.
• Work with other Engineering teams to quote protype or production parts and processes.
• Contribute to the prototype and release to production process including:
  • Process development
  • Assisting in and overseeing the assembly and testing of prototype parts
  • Develop quality documentation
  • Process Validations
  • Development of inspection routines and measurement methods
  • Part Inspection

Additional Responsibilities:

Performs additional design tasks as required by NPI Team such as:

• Creates models and drawings for misc. parts or assemblies and drawing changes.
• Develops shadowgraph charts for the inspection of manufactured parts and assemblies.
• Analyzes contact (beam) designs with respect to design, or material changes.
• Performs drawing translation of incoming and outgoing drawing formats from and to customers or vendors.
• ECR/ECN Support for new and existing products.
• Participate in Root Cause Analysis studies as needed.
• Perform failure mode analysis as needed.
• Design fixtures and gages for prototype parts as needed.
• Other tasks as required.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply engineering principals and modern manufacturing techniques.
• Knowledge of the properties and strength of materials.
• Proven ability to utilize Creo cad software or equivalent.
• Knowledge of ISO and QS quality systems.
• Knowledge of ability to apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Ability to express oneself clearly and effectively in oral and written form.

Education and Experience:

• 4-year degree in engineering, or closely related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in directly related field.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.