Engineer- Mechanical Design Product Line

Summary

Responsible for providing mechanical design support for operations, supply chain and R&D. Troubleshooting support for new and existing products. Helps to ensure operational goals and continuous improvement for the product portfolio. Maintains manufacturing and test equipment to ensure highest manufacturing process uptime and reliability.

• Validation, documentation, and management of mechanical product designs and test equipment for our products.
• Interface with other engineering disciplines, product management, operations and supply chain teams.
• Perform and assist remote, supplier on‑site premises troubleshooting and problem solving of existing products.
• Provide support for manufacturing and troubleshooting of current and future products.
• Generate and maintain documentation for suppliers.
• Support generation and maintenance of automated tests and test benches to ensure high-quality and accurate functionality of products.
• Be involved in the full life cycle of product development from concept through integration, test, and release.
• Actively support, engage and interact with other development teams in the Pfeiffer Vacuum group to ensure conformance with existing product platforms and communication protocols, processes and procedures.
• Hands‑on problem solving including actively maintaining and repairing tools, test benches and product test samples.
• Address and resolve equipment related problems regarding technical issues or quality concerns by proposing timely and effective solutions.

70% inside, climate / noise‑controlled office, and 30% manufacturing environment; lifting to 50 lbs. on occasion. Eye and hearing protection and other personal protective equipment may be required. Tasks require walking, sitting, bending, reaching, mobility, frequent lifting and pushing/pulling. Work requires computer skills (various CAD and ERP tools, word processing, spreadsheet, and data‑entry), attention to detail and accuracy. Communication skills including listening and speaking are required for interaction with other employees, vendors, and customers.

Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to balance multiple tasks and any stress associated with the duties and responsibilities of this position are essential requirements in the performance of this job. Secondary duties with added requirements may be assigned from time to time.

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Pfeiffer Vacuum V&E believes that we are all suppliers and customers of someone in our organization. Our employees must be able to demonstrate this customer‑centric belief – which means that you are value‑adding, reliable, performance‑driven, innovative, service‑mindful, and agile – in all business activities. We expect our company’s values of open mindedness, trust, communication, strategic thinking, creativity, courage, accountability, humility, ethical integrity, resilience, diversity, and fostering a culture of empowerment, engagement and collaboration to drive the actions of our employees.

• Must have strong organizational and time‑management skills to prioritize and complete multiple competing tasks within a limited schedule.
• Must have strong system and component troubleshooting skills with prior experience in the field of technical support. Direct experience with downstream pressure control systems and vacuum valves preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate with coworkers, subordinates, customers, and other departmental personnel in a professional and positive manner.
• Technical writing skills to include the preparation of engineering test protocols, engineering test reports, and manufacturing standard operating procedures.
• Familiarity with engineering documentation processes, especially software documentation such as block diagrams, flow charts, software version control systems, and the like.
• Record and evaluate testing data, alter designs as necessary to bring them to national and international safety, performance and efficiency standards.
• Familiar with software test methodologies and architecture including Jenkins environment with HIL.
• Profici…