Product Dev Engineer II

The Product Development Engineer II is responsible to design and build product prototypes to meet customer requirements and MICRO quality standards.

 The Product Development Engineer II is expected to:

·         Complete projects on time and budget per customer requirements

·         Produce products that meet customer functional requirements and expectations with minimal customer complaints

·         Meet or exceed the department financial plan

·         Perform DFM activity to resolve customer design challenges                                                                                                   

·         Interacts with customers on a technical level and other technical personnel to assist with the development and design for manufacturing of products.

·         Works on complex projects and assists manager with price estimates.

·         Identifies and develops manufacturing processes, equipment and technologies to be used for new products and cost improvement projects

·         Designs prototypes, tooling and assembly equipment

·         Oversees and monitors the fabrication of prototype and tooling to ensure all customer quality and delivery requirements are met

·         Interacts with and instructs toolmakers on development of tooling to achieve desired results

·         Conducts Engineering Studies and analyzes data

·         Directs the validation activities of new tools and processes

·         Provides input to the production control systems and designs control activities

·         Provides input for new product equipment selection, installation and maintenance

·         Works with internal resources and external suppliers to obtain products and services needed to develop the product

·         Troubleshoots issues and completes projects independently.

·         Oversees level 1 engineers

This position has no talent management responsibilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

·         Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field is required.

·         4-7 years of engineering experience is required.

·         Must have demonstrated ability to synthesize complex or diverse information

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

·         None

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·         Blueprint reading

·         Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

·         Design of Experiments (DOE) 

·         Statistical Process Control (SPC)

·         Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA, GR&R)

·         Injection molding

·         Metal fabrication

·         Medical device manufacturing

·         CAD/CAM

·         ERP software

·         Statistical software

·         MS Office Suite

OTHER SKILLS

·         Multitasking

·         Problem solving

o   Root cause analysis

o   Corrective Action

·         Verbal communication

·         Written communication

·         Organizational skills

·         Interpersonal skills

  While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must lift, push, pull, carry and/or move up to 10 pounds frequently, and between 10 and 25 pounds occasionally.

While performing this Job, the employee is regularly required to demonstrate manual and spatial dexterity sufficient to operate machinery for precision work.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; risk of electrical shock; and odors, dusts, mists, fumes and/or airborne particles.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.