Job Title: Project Engineer – Mechanical Product Design

Location: Rock Hill SC

Duration: Permanent

Job Description:

As Project Engineer your mission is to be an integral player in the development of new products that conform to all aspects of product objectives including performance and return on investment. Utilize your Engineering skills to develop products with powerful customer impact. Use your creative thinking and ambition to drive solutions for our customers with commitment, innovation and interaction with a focus on quality, delivery and cost.

Roles and Responsibilities

Leadership

Lead project teams on collaboration activities for your respective product development initiatives.

Guide and lead product engineers and designers to assist you in the attainment of project goals.

New Product Development

• Follow to the letter the Concept to Product (C to P) gated new product development process.
• Create and maintain 3D master assembly models of your products using drawing methods and standards using but not limited 3D CAD software (i.e., Inventor, CREO, etc.), Product Lifecycle Management software for drawings and documents (i.e., Windchill).
• Create and maintain detailed 2D component drawings with all required information using proper dimensioning techniques, welding symbology, material callouts, part marking, and first article inspection critical tolerances and dimensions.
• Create and maintain product bills of material as they relate to your product/project.
• Develop in full any product options that relate to your product/project Master Specification.
• Identify ALL critical assembly operations and provide necessary assembly information (i.e. fastener torques) on system commodity drawings to relay important assembly details to production.
• Create and maintain Engineering related instructions as they relate to the routing of flexible hoses, electrical wirings, fuel lines, etc.
• Be prepared to assist Lab personnel in the assembly of prototypes for your products in development as necessary.
• Initiate and support the development of all product documentation that can include:
• Instruction Books (AIB) and Spare Parts Books (ASL) per standards.
• Dimension drawings (AHB) for ALL product variants.
• Documentation of product data (AML).
• Service requirements (develop/release of consumable service packs).
• Creation of Product Configuration/Options Matrix (PCT) files.
• Development and release of wiring schematics with the assistance of the Electrical Design Team.
• Initiate and maintain project related information in SharePoint Digital Cockpit for NPD projects. This includes maintaining monthly the following:
• Project Timing (MS Project)/Project Risk Assessment/Project Budget/Current PK/PCM Actions and Decisions/Result Plan
• Assist your manager with inputs related to PCM presentations regarding your project(s).
• Be solely responsible for the content related to the documentation of the Design Preview, Functional Prototype, Production Prototype, and Qualification Gate phases in the Design Review and Qualification (DRQ) documentation.
• Be the driving force behind the Project Team Meetings for the engineering and technical subjects of the projects.
• Actively immerse yourself into calculating the cost of the product that you are developing at least monthly.
• Follow and monitor the budget and timing of your project and escalate deviations.
• Perform numerical calculations that support the design integrity of your products.
• Assist with the inputs required for digital tools such as FEA analysis and CFD analysis as required.
• Perform Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) to ensure component integrity and safety for the product as its users.
• Strive to for high reuse of existing components in new products to reduce cost, reduce risk and improve time to market.
• Follow your project through to the end as an active member of the TCM and any field warranty issues that could arise from your projects. Change Management
• As required, initiate Design Notifications (DN) per your project requirements.
• Prepare/Check drawings and prepare DN’s according to the NPD DN process.
• Cross Functional Activity