Product Engineer

Product Engineer

Smiths Interconnect, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance interconnect solutions. Our products are used in mission-critical applications across industries such as aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and industrial markets. At Smiths Interconnect, we are committed to innovation, quality, and providing cutting-edge solutions that connect the world's most demanding systems.

Smiths Interconnect is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defense, space & aerospace and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs c.16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.

Job Purpose:

• Maintain and improve existing manufacturing systems and products.
• Coordinate Global Customer Drawing Reviews (GCDRs) and review customer drawings as needed regarding change requests.

Responsibilities:

• Be a key design review participant as a voice for design for manufacturing Manage the priority and urgency associated with multiple project deliverables. Including planning, communicating, and meeting commitments.
• Provide technical support to organizational stakeholders (Test, Sourcing, Production, Quality, Marketing and Sales).
• Interpret product specifications and change requests on existing products and recommend design and/or manufacturing requirements.
• Participate and contribute to team training, development, mentoring and audits.
• Demonstrate behaviors consistent with company policies. Support root cause analysis utilizing problem-solving tools and methodologies as needed.
• Execute Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) on existing products while coordinating to ensure the changes do not affect compliance, quality or cost.
• Act as the engineering point of contact for production floor issues and support the implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Identify and support cost savings opportunities as they arise.

Technical Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

:

• BS degree with 3+ years' work experience. Higher education can substitute for some of that experience.
• Able to work and set priorities independently with minimal assistance.
• Proficient use of Solid Works 3D or other similar CAD is required.
• Understanding of GD&T, ANSI/ASME standards and the preparation of required documentation
• Knowledge of engineering grade machined and molded polymers and metals
• Knowledge of metal properties: conductivity, corrosion, machining methods, Plating options
• Familiar with contact technologies and contact physics theory is desirable.
• Familiar with manufacturing process to achieve high resolution products (CNC machining, molding, deep drawing, screw machining, additive, stamping, over-molding, etc.).
• Familiar with cable terminations, strain relief and over-molding techniques a plus.
• Knowledge or work experience with highly regulated industries.
• Familiar with Kaizen, Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies.

Travel %: 0-10%

Planning and Decision Making:

• Coordinates with cross functional project team to ensure milestones are achieved and risks are mitigated.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment, systems, tools and process to increase organizational efficiency.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems and/or assists others in solving work problems.
• Sets priorities and drives completion of needed deliverables with minimal assistance.
• Utilizes experience, analytical capacity, problem solving tools, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Impact and Scope:

• Collaborates across multiple functions, sites, and regions
• Contributes to establishment of functional KPI's and goal attainment
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives.

Identified training mandatory for the role to be completed competently.

• Product and application training, as provided by Product Specialists and utilizing product presentations on SharePoint, to become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on General Industrial and PCB products
• Introduction to key stakeholders and their functional roles and responsibilities including Sales, Marketing, Procurement, Quality, and Manufacturing
• Mandatory training identified by corporate policy, including export compliance, fair trade, anti-bribery/corruption laws, and business ethics.

Key Internal & External Stakeholders & Relationships

• Be able to lead or contribute to cross-functional teams in product development cycle.
• Interface with customers & supply chain to improve current manufacturing processes and products, and conducts customer visits as necessary.
• Be able to train Internal and External stakeholders on our products and capabilities.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in verbal and written form using the English language
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel…