Manufacturing​/Industrial Design Engineer

Trinity Rail is searching for a Manufacturing/Industrial Design Engineer to join our team in Dallas, Texas.

What you'll do:

* Evaluate designs and products for ease of manufacturing and compliance with regulatory and contractual standards in terms of material, stability and performance.

* Work both independently and closely with manufacturing operations, supply chain, and tooling to optimize designs and assembly process steps for manufacturability.

* Be a self-starter in defining all engineering tasks to meet project objectives and have the ability to quickly learn about new processes with very little information provided

* Develop and execute project plans for DFM&A activities.

* Create or serve as project leader for production of layouts, specifications, prototype build drawings and bill of materials.

* Oversee the production of related models and drawings.

* Maintain external relationships with vendors, focusing on the engineering and operating personnel at regarding non-standard components and technical developments

* Work with internal and external customers in optimizing products and processes with quality, performance, production and profitability in mind.

* Ensure design intent is maintained.

* Administer the assembly and process execution of NPI for proto, pilot and production builds

What you'll need:

* Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial) required.

* 3+ years' experience of engineering procedures and administration; emphasis on railcar design or other large fabrications is preferred.

* Demonstrate hands-on mechanical ability

* Extensive working knowledge of heavy manufacturing process and tooling.

* Outstanding communication skills - both written and verbal/Bilingual Spanish is plus

* Excellent Microsoft Office skills required

* Ability to multi-task multiple projects of differing scale

* Ability to work in both office and manufacturing facility environments.

* Demonstrated ability to execute all phases of product design, prototype development, product analysis and manufacturing processes while conforming to applicable regulatory standards and practices. Knowledge of AAR interchange rules preferred.

* Experience in a manufacturing.

* Prior engineer position with a custom product, freight and/or tank car production or maintenance preferred.

* Knowledge of weld process and industry standards.

* Experience in Autodesk AutoCAD and Inventor is preferred.

* Experience with Risk assessment, planning, time standard, visuals and standard work.