Hydraulics Design Engineer

Astec is a global, environmentally focused infrastructure and manufacturing company of asphalt road building and aggregate processing. 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 Engineering Director/Manager, the job of the Hydraulic Design Engineer is responsible for design efforts from inception through production in new product development or existing product design.

The Hydraulic Design Engineer 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.

This Hydraulic Design Engineer’s scope of work will focus on hydraulically controlled equipment such as track screening and crushing, mobile mining, portables, asphalt milling and paving, track and mobile and forestry, and stationary equipment.

• The preferred work location is Yankton SD.

• Perform hydraulic design engineering as it relates to Astec product development and improvement projects.
• Effectively use 3‑D CAD to model designs and use other engineering tools like Automation Studio to optimize solutions.
• Create, check and maintain thorough engineering specifications and drawings.
• 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.
• Responsible for achieving due dates and pre‑defined requirements defined by management.
• Be a technical resource as needed to support other departmental needs such as operations, quality, purchasing, service, et cetera.

Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Agriculture, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or related field.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in equipment design and manufacturing (mechanical, structural, hydraulic and electrical/control system design).
• Ability to work positively and productively both individually and with cross‑functional teams, customers, and vendors.
• Good organization and time‑management skills with ability to adjust to sudden changes in project/priority and manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment on a customary and regular basis.

Effectively work with sketches, marked‑up prints and verbal instructions to drive concept to solution.

Ability to independently create & validate hydraulic circuits using simulation software such as Automation Studio.

Demonstrate technical and written skills to document ideas, designs and concepts.

Ability to create and maintain complex hydraulic schematics.

Ability to interpret customer drawings, specification drawings, and other applicable specifications to determine requirement and/or feasibility of component.

Develop design concepts to meet required cost objectives including involvement with supply chain operations to provide technical information for the selection of components.

Ability to develop and/or guide necessary computations such as load development, stress analysis, performance measurement, hydraulic circuit analysis, costing, etc. and interpret the results as necessary.

Ability to lead DFMEA’s.

Research industry standards to stay abreast of latest applicable requirements. Performs GAP analysis on standards.

• Proficient with personal computing, Microsoft Office Suite, 3‑D CAD software applications (Solid Works preferred) and ERP systems (Oracle preferred).
• Document assigned tasks as required.

May be asked to travel to develop business relationships with customers, dealers, and suppliers as well as visit other sites to participate in special projects.