Product Design Engineer

3 weeks ago


Itasca, United States WernerCo Full time

About Us:

WHY WERNER? BECAUSE WE ARE THE PRO'S CHOICE You will find our market leading products and brands on trucks and job sites all over the world. Focusing on end users' needs drives our success. Our entire product development processfrom research to engineering to manufacturing to commercializationcreates products that ensure ease of use, productivity, durability and safety for the end user. On jobsites across America and the world, WernerCo brands are most preferred

Overview:

Carry out product design and development assignments of a routine to moderately complex nature with some latitude in the use of initiative and independent judgment under moderate supervision. Prepares sketches and completes detail and layout drawings from verbal or written instructions on product. Participate on cross functional teams, working with Project Engineers, Industrial Design, and Product Marketing to refine product requirements and deliver designs that balance cost, performance, and reliability. Prepares layout, detail, and assembly drawings independently and with support from internal designer resources. Various calculations such as strength of materials, simple forces and stresses, and weights, may be required.

Responsibilities:

Design products to specifications and schedules for new products, cost improvements, and other business objectives.
Develops Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of parts and assemblies and uses Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software to optimize them for performance, quality and manufacturing.
Use various tools to develop concepts for review/discussion with other departments, specifically marketing, project engineers and?manufacturing.
Partners with project engineers and industrial designers to ensure safety, product performance and aesthetic intent are met.
Works with internal and external suppliers to refine the product design and optimize it for manufacturing.
Participate in the creation and validation of prototypes to prove out design concepts, design changes, etc.
Understands and applies federal, industry and internal standards and ensures products meet safety, compliance and performance requirements.
Recommend and drive design improvements for cost, manufacturability and/or quality improvements on legacy products as needed.
Develop layouts for medium scale programs to assist in the development of new products and/or sustaining engineering activities. This would include several concept options to full development of a solid model that represent ideas of the project team.
Supports validation plan development, costing and capital expenditure activities, and adjusts designs to meet program targets.
Supports delivery of designs in accordance to WernerCo product development processes and milestones.
Understand and follow Quality Management System.
Estimate early concept/design costs to make sure ideas are viable commercially.
Lead and document design reviews, DFMEA, DFM/A discussions with the applicable cross functional teams.

Qualifications:

Experience & Education

BSME or similar
Three to five years of designing components, assemblies and/or products utilizing CAD (AutoCAD 2D and SolidWorks 3D preferred) and product design fundamentals. Ability to finish design concepts with dimensional and GD&T features.
Knowledge of consumer product development process including injection molding, forming, and/or extrusion, preferred
Working knowledge of FEA or other CAE skill preferred
Computer Skills Intermediate PC software knowledge, specifically MS Excel and Word.


Key Competencies

Team Player - Must be comfortable working with other people in an open environment.
Hands On Ability - Able to work with tools, comfortable in testing/prototype lab environment.
Good interpersonal skills
Good communication skills - verbal and written
Problem analysis and problem-solving
Attention to detail and accuracy

Travel Requirements
Willingness to travel as required to domestic and international engineering centers, manufacturing sites.

EEO Statement:

WernerCo is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. WernerCo is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants to WernerCo are considered for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. WernerCo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on these characteristics.

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