Design Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY

Provides Engineering, Quality and Customer support to the design and analysis of bellows assemblies, bellows related product and support process / equipment. Create, develop, document, and implement manufacturing bill of materials and router details for production product and product templates. Support Engineering DCN and ECN process by processing the configuration releases. Work in a continuous improvement environment assisting Quality, Manufacturing and Program Management to solve problems and implement corrective action.

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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (95%)

The Design Engineer I must be able to meet and maintain company guidelines by performing the following essential job functions:

• Collaborate with Program and/or Materials Group for the creation of part numbers for new assemblies.

• Responsible for initial creation of the bill of material (BOM) and router structure for bellows product and associated tooling.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing on production operational sequence and document into ERP system router’s for new parts.

• Assign operational equipment selection (work centers), set-up and run times for Process Engineering review.

• Participate in engineering weekly and/or kick off meetings identifying engineering activities to complete design inputs checklist, design / tooling package, preliminary analysis, reports and required reviews for assigned programs.

• Maintain weekly updates with Engineering Director to provide status and identify issues with resources and task due dates.

• Generate preliminary bellows analysis, assembly detail, process definition and tooling information in support of the quote process.

• Review each Program / Design for the appropriate selection of materials and treatments to meet the requirements and cost objectives.

• Coordinate concurrent design and FEA activities with structures engineering to achieve optimized designs.

• Generate detail component and assembly drawings for bellows, bellows related products and tooling. Proficient in GD&T for assembly interfaces and tolerance stack-ups.

• Prepare and support internal and external Design Reviews according to internal and customer requirements.

• Develop, document and perform engineering tests to validate design as required.

• Perform duties of Environmental Test Technicians as required for Customers under ISO
  17025 testing contracts.

• Document and maintain engineering changes.

• Assist manufacturing personnel in resolving issues relative to product designs, product functionality, materials, tooling and production processes that may adversely affect quality utilizing continuous improvement techniques.

• Coordinate engineering activities with quality, manufacturing, sales and program as required.

• Assist Quality and MIS department in system development relating to engineering document and data control.

• Support Flexial’s Document Change Request (DCR) and Improvement Request (“IR”) Continuous Improvement initiatives.

• Establish and maintain contact with professional societies and educational institutions by review of technical publications, articles and abstracts to stay abreast of pertinent technical developments.

• Must have technical writing skills and be able to communicate, get along and work well with other employees.

• Must comply with the rules and regulations mandated under the following quality and governmental standards: ISO 9000, AS 9100, ITAR and ISO 14001.

• Establish and maintain a safe working environment in accordance with corporate policy and OSHA standards.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Being at work every day and coming to work on-time is required.

• Ability to pass an annual Eye Exam per QP400

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS (5%)

• Maintain a clean and orderly work area.
• Perform other duties assigned by Supervisor/Manager.

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