Mechanical Engineer II

Position Summary: 

The primary responsibility for the Mechanical Engineer is to design, develop, and maintain all mechanical aspects for a family of gear manufacturing machines and automation.

Job Responsibilities:

Design, development, documentation, and troubleshooting of gear manufacturing machines and automation.

Work with other engineering groups (Electrical Controls, Fluid Power, Software and Application Engineering) to facilitate a Systems Engineering approach to the machine or automation design.

Work with Proposals and Sales to understand customer specifications and applicable safety standards to develop machine cost and schedule estimates.

Use 3D parametric CAD software for modeling of components and systems.

Maintain Master BOMs for current and legacy machines.

Ensure unique customer specifications are incorporated into each design.

Review prior executions and compare/contrast to current practice.

Evaluate technical performance of the resultant machine.

Provide part specification changes (Engineering Change Order) based on design requirements.

Interface with Manufacturing Engineering to apply the appropriate part coding and documentation to facilitate efficient machine assembly.

Prioritize and address Engineering issues in a timely manner from Assembly, Runoff, Field Service or Supply Chain.

Facilitate Design Reviews, FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and Risk Management meetings by coordinating the meeting, recording/ publishing meeting minutes, formalizing documents, and driving the completion of open action items.

Respond to internal and external requests for information. 

Work in fast paced environment.                                   

Participate in process improvement efforts that identify deficiencies in Mechanical Engineering and systematically develop solutions.                                         

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities): 

CAD Skills:

Solid Model Creation: use of 3D CAD software (Creo preferred).  With knowledge of mapkeys, UDFs, skeletons as well as large assembly management, piping and MBD.

Ability to properly create and detail part prints including the use of GD&T

Understanding of version/revision logic and can resolve conflicts. Use intent to modify and locking as needed.

Business System Skill:

Bill of Material (BOM) Creation/Maintenance: Comprehension of how BOM’s work to ensure proper part release strategy

Sales Order BOM: Understand Price Book options and their dependencies.

Machine/Automation Design

Component Design: Apply proper fits to precision components, choose a component based on the manufacturer's data to suit a design specification, design for ease of manufacturing.

System Design: develop options based on Customer Specifications from scratch; designs consist of motion items including rails/trucks, ability to integrate numerous purchased parts to minimize manufactured parts, design for ease of assembly.

Component/Assembly Identification: Attend machine launch meetings and verify machine and assembly completeness and compliance with the customer's requirements. 

Impact Estimation: provide Engineering hours and material cost estimation for quotations.

Sheet Metal Design: use proper locating holes, rip reliefs, hand bends, and slots. Design for ease of manufacturing and assembly, use proper design intent.

Detailing - GD&T:

GD&T and Tolerance Applications: have knowledge of and understand when and where to apply GD&T.  Develop required tolerances based on manufacturer's specifications.

Communication Skills

Proven ability to:

Communicate technical information effectively with all functional Engineering areas and other downstream and upstream departments within the plant

communicate effectively verbally, in various electronic formats, and in writing, to specific audiences

prepare written reports

give verbal presentations

use good judgment regarding the timeliness of communications and responses 

Ability to work with other disciplines (Technicians, Runoff Operators, Field Service, etc.)

Time Management Skills

Ability to manage workload effectively, to plan, organize, and prioritize work and meet deadlines

Project Management Skills

Proven ability to manage details of technical requirements including task assignments, tracking, and communications

Manage multiple projects at once while maintaining project cost and schedule constraints

Preferred Education/Training/Experience

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2-5 years’ relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering.

Computer Skills:

Creo

SAP

Microsoft

Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Travel Requirements:

Negligible