Design and Process Engineer Tech Center

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EOE/VEVRAA

A Design Engineer and Process Engineer I designs battery components and diversified products and tooling for production equipment under the guidance/mentorship of experience design and process engineers as assigned from the department Manager/Director. A Design Engineer and Process Engineer I will also interface with East Penn’s engineering, quality, and manufacturing departments to develop processes under the guidance/mentorship of an experienced Process Engineer as assigned by the department Manager/Director.

• Provide Engineering support to Manufacturing, Quality, H&S, Sales, Costing, and Maintenance on Diversified products, equipment, and tooling.
• Prepare and deliver information, technical reports, and presentations to management, customers, vendors, and technical partners.
• Contribute to concept generation and ideation processes.
• Maintain and protect the confidentiality of proprietary information.
• Perform other duties which may become essential to the position.
• Participate in regular technical reviews throughout all phases of a project.
• Interact with production and engineering at all levels.
• Travel worldwide for the company as required (possibly up to ~25%)
• Interface with internal and external customers to develop new processes.
• Create, maintain, and update published technical information.
• Support other Process Engineering personnel as needed.
• Represent East Penn as a technical interface with Equipment Suppliers.
• Support daily operations of the existing manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Track the performance of processes to ensure the process’ ability to fulfill EPM and customer performance and safety requirements.
• Apply knowledge of mechanical and plastics engineering principles to processing, tooling, robots, machines, measuring devices, etc.
• Contribute to bringing products and processes from idea to proof of concept, through to the final, manufactural product.
• Provide improvement concepts for manual and automated processes.
• Assist in the design, development, integration, and testing of all aspects of mechanical components, equipment, and instrumentation.
• Validate new molds and equipment.
• Develop process specifications, setup sheets, and procedures for manufacturing processes.
• Attend industry related technical conferences, seminars, and/or trade shows.
• May be involved in fabrication, operation, application, installation, and/or repair of mechanical equipment and tooling.
• Perform…