Design Engineer II Job Pensacola area,Florida USA,Engineering

Design Engineer II

The Design Engineer II uses engineering techniques to design, maintain, or improve new or existing products and/or components for engineering projects within the area of assigned responsibility. This position will serve Rheem North America located in Montgomery, AL.

Responsibilities

Analyzes engineering sketches, specifications and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape and arrangement of parts.

Sketches rough layouts and computes angles, weights, surface areas, dimensions, radii, clearances, tolerances, leverages and location of holes.

Plan, coordinate, and check engineering changes prior to supervisory signature release to production.

Investigate and troubleshoot product design related problems and opportunities, documenting findings and performing corrective/improvement changes.

Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, agency standards, company standards and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.

Develop agency certification submittals and coordinate available testing with internal and external laboratories.

Develop evaluation test plans and coordinate with engineering designers and lab test engineers on test set-up, data acquisition, interpretation of data and means for achieving desired test results.

Write detailed engineering reports with analysis and summary of findings that will be shared with other departments and archived for historical reference.

Investigate pertinent factors such as inter-changeability, service requirements, and efficiency and agency requirements.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
3 years of experience in design and manufacture of products
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating, and maintenance instructions and procedures.
Ability to work with mathematic concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
Strong reasoning and analytical skills (ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variable in situations)
Knowledge of engineering/manufacturing change processes.
Occasional travel required.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy.
Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite.
Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a matrix team environment.
Knowledge of concepts, techniques and tools that promote effective analysis, such as Design of Experiments and test engineering.
Ability to carry out the development of information-gathering exercises for the purpose of investigating a system or process in a manufacturing environment and determine the root cause of problems.
Knowledge of tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events.
Knowledge of processes, approaches, tools and techniques of product design; ability to convert customer and market requirements into product design in the manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of existing and advanced methodologies, processes, tools and techniques of product development; ability to design, build and manage the manufacture of new products.
Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics and ability to plan, organize, monitor, and lead projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Knowledge of cost improvement projects

HOW TO STAND OUT

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
Experience in appliance design.
Knowledge of gas combustion principles.
Knowledge of heat pump design and heat exchanger optimization.
Knowledge of analysis & system development tools (e.g. ANSYS/Fluent, ANSYS/Mechanical, MATLAB, Lab View, Pro/e, Energy Plus, GT-SUITE, etc)

As a leader at Rheem, how you achieve results is as important as the results you achieve. While LEADING SELF, you will be expected to demonstrate the following competencies and behaviors:

Adapting
Business Understanding
Collaborating
Communicating Effectively
Continuously Improving
Customer-Orientation
Developing Self
Focusing on Results
Influencing
Managing…