Product Design Engineer

Deringer--ney-Inc.; Bloomfield (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The Product Design Engineer at Deringer--ney-Inc. collaborates with customers, sales, and manufacturing to translate requirements into robust product designs from concept to tooling. This role emphasizes CAD modeling, tolerancing, and cross-functional communication to ensure manufacturability and quality.

Ideal candidates have a 4-year engineering degree with 3-5 years of related experience and a strong ability to apply engineering principles to real-world manufacturing challenges.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in engineering or closely related field.
• 3-5 years’ experience in directly related field.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to utilize Creo CAD software or equivalent.
• Knowledge of ISO and QS quality systems.
• Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

Responsibilities

• Meets with sales and customers to understand product requirements and manufacturing goals.
• Develops final product design models and drawing packages for manufacturing tooling.
• Works with cross-functional teams to quote prototype or production parts and processes.
• Develops shadowgraph charts and inspection routines for manufactured parts and assemblies.
• Performs design tasks for NPI and supports root cause analysis when needed.

Skills

Engineering principles

Manufacturing techniques

Materials properties

ISO quality systems

GD&T

Communication

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Tools

Creo CAD

Job description

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Full Time Bloomfield, CT, US

8 days ago Requisition ID: 1321

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.