Product Engineer, Rotary Unions - Design & Testing

HOERBIGER Automatisierungstechnik Holding GmbH; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with matching contributions

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

Vision care

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

HOERBIGER Automatisierungstechnik Holding GmbH’s Deublin Company in Waukegan, IL, seeks a Product Engineer - Rotary Unions to design and improve products across the lifecycle. You’ll support customers, perform testing, and interface with repair and design teams while applying DFM/DFA and leading prototype builds.

The role emphasizes collaboration within a small engineering team, MTBF/FMEA calculations, and robust documentation, with on-site work at the Deublin facility and potential partial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering is required; Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum one year experience in manufacturing with design responsibilities.
• Proficient in CAD-driven product design, calculations and testing.
• Experience performing MTBF and FMEA calculations.
• Ability to write reports, correspondence and manuals and present to managers and clients.
• Ability to convert between imperial and metric measurements and apply geometry/trigonometry concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, and draw conclusions; interpret technical instructions.
• Ability to collaborate within a cross-functional engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Provide application support for rotary union product line via email, phone, web meetings, and in-person visits.
• Review project objectives, schedules and costs related to quality, cost and performance.
• Interface with repair to analyze returns and improve product quality.
• Analyze failure modes and establish a plan to increase reliability.
• Apply DFM/DFA; prepare part drawings and enter manufacturing orders.
• Locate and place orders with vendors for design projects.
• Build prototype models and perform testing as needed.
• Analyze test results and report recommendations.
• Collaborate with Product Designers and Drafters on new designs and specs.
• Develop test methods for mechanical and electrical systems.
• Design and modify test fixtures as required.
• Perform product analysis calculations for design needs and orders.
• Assess discrepant material disposition.
• Respond to customer inquiries about products and new applications.
• Assist subsidiaries with technical questions.
• Make sales calls with reps at customer sites.
• Develop and design new mechanical and electrical products.
• Assist manufacturing on prototype builds.

Skills

CAD design

MTBF & FMEA

Technical writing

Team collaboration

Math & geometry

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

HOERBIGER Automatisierungstechnik Holding GmbH’s Deublin Company in Waukegan, IL, seeks a Product Engineer - Rotary Unions to design and improve products across the lifecycle. You’ll support customers, perform testing, and interface with repair and design teams while applying DFM/DFA and leading prototype builds.

The role emphasizes collaboration within a small engineering team, MTBF/FMEA calculations, and robust documentation, with on-site work at the Deublin facility and potential partial