NPD Design Engineer

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Astec is a global, environmentally focused infrastructure and manufacturing company of asphalt road building and aggregate processing equipment. Our mission is to design and build the most innovative products for the industries we serve. Leveraging innovative solutions and technologies, we serve customers all over the world.

Under general supervision of the NPD Engineering Manager, the NPD Design Engineer is responsible for design efforts from inception through production in new product development.

This position will focus on Washing and Classifying equipment such as sand screws, log washers, coarse material washers, sand classifiers, dewatering screens, centrifugal pumps, and cyclones. Experience with these products is preferred but not mandatory.

The preferred site location is Yankton, SD. Applicants from all Astec locations are encouraged to apply.

The Design Engineer position at Astec has four (4) levels dependent on experience and specialty.

Successful candidate will work in collaboration with other engineers, cross‑functional teams not limited to sales, manufacturing, purchasing, and service. They will develop conceptual and final design solutions, manage and coordinate project activities, support existing product offerings, and perform testing or analysis of new and existing products to further Astec’s product line development goals.

Design Engineers may travel to develop business relationships with customers, dealers, and suppliers and participate in product focus groups.

• Perform design engineering related to Astec product development and improvement projects.
• Effectively use 3‑D CAD to model designs and use other engineering tools like FEA to optimize solutions.
• Create, check and maintain thorough engineering specifications and drawings.
• Manage engineering changes per established company procedures.
• Be a technical resource as needed to support other departmental needs such as operations, quality, purchasing, service, etc.

• Responsible for certain internal control responsibilities communicated verbally and via periodic feedback.

• Maintain positive, cooperative working relationships with various personalities: customers, vendors, co‑workers, and management.
• Use interpersonal skills to be an effective member of cross‑functional project teams, from concept to testing, and ultimately to production.
• Demonstrate technical and written skills to document ideas, designs, and concepts.
• Proficient with personal computing, Microsoft Office Suite, 3‑D CAD software applications (Solid Works preferred), and ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
• Good organization and time‑management skills.
• Ability to set daily priorities and adjust to sudden changes in project/priority, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Willingness to accept responsibility for assigned tasks and take on new challenges.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment on a regular basis.
• Effectively work with sketches, marked‑up prints, and verbal instructions to drive concept to solution.
• Review customer drawings, specification drawings, and other applicable specifications to determine requirements and/or feasibility of components.
• Develop design concepts to meet required cost objectives, including involvement with supply chain operations to provide technical information for the selection of components.
• Perform necessary computations such as load development, stress analysis, performance measurement, hydraulic circuit analysis, costing, etc., and interpret the results.
• Responsible for achieving due dates and predefined requirements defined by management.
• Interact with production personnel to define and solve manufacturing and/or design issues and implement cost reduction ideas with regards to the product.
• Use root cause analysis and other problem‑solving skills to determine opportunities to improve products and implement corrective actions.
• Follow internal company standards when creating or inputting data.
• Follow and actively support all company policies…