Sr. Design Engineer
Apply NowCompany: TriMark Corporation
Location: New Hampton, IA 50659
Description:
Accountability Objective
This position is responsible to assist the assigned with project workload. The position acts as team leader for assigned projects and performs project management functions to ensure accurate and complete customer satisfaction, while working on product enhancements, modifications and extensions.
Dimensions
TriMark Sales +/- $100MM
Nature and Scope
This position will receive work assignments from the Sr. Project Manager or APQP Engineering/Innovation Manager and is expected to collaborate with members of Project Teams, Product Management, Manufacturing Engineering and the Test Department. At times, this position may be assigned with a dedicated percentage of time to a given Workgroup, during which time, the individual will receive work assignments directly from the Workgroup SPM, Project Engineer, and/or Account Manager, not exceeding the agreed upon percentage allocation.
The incumbent participates on assigned projects to complete project deliverables in a timely and cost-efficient manner to fulfill customer's needs for TriMark's products. The incumbent will act as project leader for assigned segments of projects to anticipate and fulfill the customer's needs for TriMark's products. A project could be any project type supporting TriMark's sales and cost containment planning.
The incumbent will be required to apply sound mechanical engineering techniques and analysis, such as strength of materials, tolerance analysis, systems inertial analysis, etc. to ensure products and applications meet TriMark, customer and regulatory requirements.
Some travel is required within the position. The incumbent may at times make vendor calls, attend trade shows, and visit customers to better understand TriMark's products and usage. This position requires the ability to logically organize and communicate both technical and non-technical information.
A requirement of this position is the ability to interact with individuals throughout the company. Therefore, the incumbent must possess excellent communication skills, including both written and oral. Since this is an office position, the incumbent must conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times to promote good working relationships among supervisors, peers, and if applicable indirect reports.
To be successful in this position, the incumbent must be computer proficient and must fully understand software applications necessary for the successful completion of their job functions. Due to the nature of the work, accuracy and attention to detail is important in this position.
Principal Accountabilities
- Assists with the organization of information, initial design, managing project files, preliminary testing & function review for assigned projects. Shares responsibility for all design aspects of projects to get a project from start to finish.
- Prepare request for quote and communicate with purchasing and/or manufacturing to obtain product cost detail as needed to order what is required to receive product cost for the customer.
- Assists the Marketing Business Associate by providing information on newly released products to support the marketing of the products on TriMark's website.
- Interact with other departments to coordinate customer requirements for the project such as DFMEAs, DVP&Rs, APQP, ISIRs, PPAPs, etc.
- Work in conjunction with the Engineering Technician in the building and assembly of pre-production components for mockups, prototypes, and process validation.
- Perform static stress, inertial, and tolerance analyses on components and assemblies to ensure product performance, function and manufacturability.
- Provide information for or prepare technical publication drawings from engineering sketches, component and assembly drawings and customer drawings to support current and future customers.
- Check and approve reference drawings such as but not limited to surface classification, inertial analysis, installation and technical publications to ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards and within the project parameters, the incumbent will be required to apply mechanical engineering techniques and analysis, such as strength of materials, tolerance analysis, systems inertial analysis, etc.
- Act as the project leader for assigned segments of projects, and complete project deliverables for assigned projects ensuring that projects are completed in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Maintains project file to TriMark's quality standards.
- Research product specifications, finish requirements, and pre-determined standards in order to deliver accurate information for timely and correct product decisions.
- Assist with the preparation of technical literature and installation guides to support the advertising, marketing and sales efforts while minimizing TriMark's liability.
- Perform duties with acceptable drafting standards and engineering specifications.
- Assist in the training of Design Engineer incumbents, as appropriate, to ensure all details of designs and drawings are created in a manner that promotes project success.
- Check and approve new and revised component, assembly drawings and applicable technical publication drawings, this is also to include the checking of models to ensure compliance with applicable engineering and drafting standards & engineering specifications.
- Communicate/interface with the customer's CAD representatives to ensure CAD models and CAD transfers are completed in an efficient manner to ensure project progress within the work group.
- Communicate/interface with customer representatives to ensure project deliverables are met according to schedule.
- Develop test requests for new or modified components or assemblies to ensure product integrity. May also assist or guide the Test Department at times with test fixture design.
- As needed and assigned with Engineering Work Requests, supporting Manufacturing Engineering with mold and fixture design and drawings.
- Assist Product Managers and Engineers in originating ECRs (Engineering Change Requests).
- After initial Engineering Technician drawing check, review and approve ECN drafting assignments for other Engineers.
- Responsible for 5S in personal and teamwork areas, participate in the employee suggestion program and participate in continuous improvement efforts as called upon.
- This position supports the continual improvement and compliance of QMS and EMS.
- Responsible to perform his or her job functions in a manner that supports TriMark's mission, vision and values in order for the company to attain its strategic and growth goals.
Core Competencies
Education/Experience Requirements
At a minimum, an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design or related field is required. A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or at least 3 years of engineering experience is preferred.
Working Conditions
The office area is air-conditioned and working conditions are excellent. There is some eyestrain due to the close detail of the work. This area requires normal or corrected vision with no color deficiency, normal depth perception and peripheral vision of 180 degrees. Safety glasses and safety shoes are required whenever office personnel are in the plant production area. The noise level is 50 to 80dB and no hearing protection is required. Hearing protection is encouraged if office personnel will be spending more than brief periods in high-noise areas of the plant.
Physical Effort
Bending - Floor level
Stooping - 5% of time
Squatting - Intermittently
Twisting - 20 degrees
Turning - 90 degrees
Reaching - Full reach
Lifting - 50#
Pushing/Pulling - 20# or less
Standing - 25% or less
Sitting - 50% or more
Walking - 25% or less
Climbing - Stairways
Grasping - Normal dexterity
This position is responsible to assist the assigned with project workload. The position acts as team leader for assigned projects and performs project management functions to ensure accurate and complete customer satisfaction, while working on product enhancements, modifications and extensions.
Dimensions
TriMark Sales +/- $100MM
Nature and Scope
This position will receive work assignments from the Sr. Project Manager or APQP Engineering/Innovation Manager and is expected to collaborate with members of Project Teams, Product Management, Manufacturing Engineering and the Test Department. At times, this position may be assigned with a dedicated percentage of time to a given Workgroup, during which time, the individual will receive work assignments directly from the Workgroup SPM, Project Engineer, and/or Account Manager, not exceeding the agreed upon percentage allocation.
The incumbent participates on assigned projects to complete project deliverables in a timely and cost-efficient manner to fulfill customer's needs for TriMark's products. The incumbent will act as project leader for assigned segments of projects to anticipate and fulfill the customer's needs for TriMark's products. A project could be any project type supporting TriMark's sales and cost containment planning.
The incumbent will be required to apply sound mechanical engineering techniques and analysis, such as strength of materials, tolerance analysis, systems inertial analysis, etc. to ensure products and applications meet TriMark, customer and regulatory requirements.
Some travel is required within the position. The incumbent may at times make vendor calls, attend trade shows, and visit customers to better understand TriMark's products and usage. This position requires the ability to logically organize and communicate both technical and non-technical information.
A requirement of this position is the ability to interact with individuals throughout the company. Therefore, the incumbent must possess excellent communication skills, including both written and oral. Since this is an office position, the incumbent must conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times to promote good working relationships among supervisors, peers, and if applicable indirect reports.
To be successful in this position, the incumbent must be computer proficient and must fully understand software applications necessary for the successful completion of their job functions. Due to the nature of the work, accuracy and attention to detail is important in this position.
Principal Accountabilities
- Assists with the organization of information, initial design, managing project files, preliminary testing & function review for assigned projects. Shares responsibility for all design aspects of projects to get a project from start to finish.
- Prepare request for quote and communicate with purchasing and/or manufacturing to obtain product cost detail as needed to order what is required to receive product cost for the customer.
- Assists the Marketing Business Associate by providing information on newly released products to support the marketing of the products on TriMark's website.
- Interact with other departments to coordinate customer requirements for the project such as DFMEAs, DVP&Rs, APQP, ISIRs, PPAPs, etc.
- Work in conjunction with the Engineering Technician in the building and assembly of pre-production components for mockups, prototypes, and process validation.
- Perform static stress, inertial, and tolerance analyses on components and assemblies to ensure product performance, function and manufacturability.
- Provide information for or prepare technical publication drawings from engineering sketches, component and assembly drawings and customer drawings to support current and future customers.
- Check and approve reference drawings such as but not limited to surface classification, inertial analysis, installation and technical publications to ensure compliance with applicable engineering standards and within the project parameters, the incumbent will be required to apply mechanical engineering techniques and analysis, such as strength of materials, tolerance analysis, systems inertial analysis, etc.
- Act as the project leader for assigned segments of projects, and complete project deliverables for assigned projects ensuring that projects are completed in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Maintains project file to TriMark's quality standards.
- Research product specifications, finish requirements, and pre-determined standards in order to deliver accurate information for timely and correct product decisions.
- Assist with the preparation of technical literature and installation guides to support the advertising, marketing and sales efforts while minimizing TriMark's liability.
- Perform duties with acceptable drafting standards and engineering specifications.
- Assist in the training of Design Engineer incumbents, as appropriate, to ensure all details of designs and drawings are created in a manner that promotes project success.
- Check and approve new and revised component, assembly drawings and applicable technical publication drawings, this is also to include the checking of models to ensure compliance with applicable engineering and drafting standards & engineering specifications.
- Communicate/interface with the customer's CAD representatives to ensure CAD models and CAD transfers are completed in an efficient manner to ensure project progress within the work group.
- Communicate/interface with customer representatives to ensure project deliverables are met according to schedule.
- Develop test requests for new or modified components or assemblies to ensure product integrity. May also assist or guide the Test Department at times with test fixture design.
- As needed and assigned with Engineering Work Requests, supporting Manufacturing Engineering with mold and fixture design and drawings.
- Assist Product Managers and Engineers in originating ECRs (Engineering Change Requests).
- After initial Engineering Technician drawing check, review and approve ECN drafting assignments for other Engineers.
- Responsible for 5S in personal and teamwork areas, participate in the employee suggestion program and participate in continuous improvement efforts as called upon.
- This position supports the continual improvement and compliance of QMS and EMS.
- Responsible to perform his or her job functions in a manner that supports TriMark's mission, vision and values in order for the company to attain its strategic and growth goals.
Core Competencies
- TriMark Products
- Comprehensive understanding of TriMark product codes, groups and products within each code and group and product specifications and standards
- Comprehensive understanding of TriMark's SKU (stock keeping unit) system and how to assign new SKUs as well as create and maintain product platform tables for SKU information by product code
- Engineering Tools
- Creo/Windchill
- Comprehensive understanding of Creo software, and ability to create, update, and finalize models
- Comprehensive understanding of Creo software, and ability to create, update, and finalize drawings
- Comprehensive understanding of Creo software, and ability to create, update, and finalize model mechanisms
- Comprehensive understanding of Windchill software, and ability create, update, and finalize Windchill data
- 30 G - Comprehensive understanding of Inertial Calculations in order to convey and complete with outside resources
- Tolerance Analysis - Mid-level understanding of tolerance stack calculations as applicable to product design and detailing, including the use of Six Sigma Design Tools
- Spring Analysis - Comprehensive understanding how to conduct spring stress analysis to prevent spring failures due to excessive stress
- Mechanics of materials - Comprehensive understanding and ability to engineer and design products using strength of material strategies
- Mechanical Advantage/Travel Analysis - Comprehensive understanding and ability to create, update, and finalize a kinematic analysis
- Project Web - Comprehensive understanding of TriMark's project web for: Submitting, requesting, & completing cost requests, FDM samples, pilot run components and assemblies, ISIRs, part numbers, part number releases, & test requests.
- Basic understanding of reliability/confidence levels and application to design verification and validation
- Comprehensive understanding of Dept. 185 work instructions and forms pertaining to job functions, including ECN activities
- Drafting standards
- Comprehensive understanding of TriMark and ASME drawing standards
- Comprehensive understanding of ECN and project development print checking requirements/checklists
- APQP
- Basic understanding and ability to participate in cross functional teams constructing Process Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
- Comprehensive understanding and the ability to participate in cross functional teams constructing Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
- Comprehensive understanding and ability to assist in the creation, updating, and finalizing of a Design Process Assembly Review (DPAR) document
- Basic understanding and ability to support SPMs, Project Engineers, and Product Managers with product ideas and potential improvements.
Education/Experience Requirements
At a minimum, an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design or related field is required. A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or at least 3 years of engineering experience is preferred.
Working Conditions
The office area is air-conditioned and working conditions are excellent. There is some eyestrain due to the close detail of the work. This area requires normal or corrected vision with no color deficiency, normal depth perception and peripheral vision of 180 degrees. Safety glasses and safety shoes are required whenever office personnel are in the plant production area. The noise level is 50 to 80dB and no hearing protection is required. Hearing protection is encouraged if office personnel will be spending more than brief periods in high-noise areas of the plant.
Physical Effort
Bending - Floor level
Stooping - 5% of time
Squatting - Intermittently
Twisting - 20 degrees
Turning - 90 degrees
Reaching - Full reach
Lifting - 50#
Pushing/Pulling - 20# or less
Standing - 25% or less
Sitting - 50% or more
Walking - 25% or less
Climbing - Stairways
Grasping - Normal dexterity