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As the global leader in loading dock and door equipment, we design and deliver solutions that keep our customers safe, secure, and productive. Here, you’ll find innovation, stability, and the chance to grow your career as part of a team that’s always looking ahead.\nPURPOSE:\nTranslate customer, sales, and product requirements into application designs, calculations, drawings, bills of material, costs, and controlled releases. Use CAD, Product Data Management (PDM), and the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, currently JD Edwards, throughout ETO application review, release, and production support. Build working knowledge of Rite-Hite Doors, Barriers, Machine Guarding, DuctSox, Zoneworks, and Fan product features, options, applications, interfaces, and limitations. Coordinate with Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Sales, Product Management, and Development Engineering to deliver manufacturable, supportable, and properly installed solutions.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.\nReview customer specifications, plans, site surveys, codes, order information, and application requirements. Identify missing information, product restrictions, technical risks, and required approvals.\nSupport Arbon sales representatives, machine integrators, architects, Business Development Managers, Product Managers, and Customer Support. Explain product capabilities and limitations, assess application fit, interpret plans and specifications, create layouts and concepts to define ETO requirements.\nDevelop new or revised designs using established engineering principles, calculations, materials, components, tolerances, and product guidelines while considering safety, quality, cost, availability, manufacturability, and serviceability.\nCreate and revise 2D drawings, 3D models, layouts, approval drawings, installation information, and manufacturing documentation. Use the appropriate SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Revit, or other product-specific platform and translate data between platforms when required.\nCreate and maintain bills of material and engineering data for new or revised JD Edwards items. Verify descriptions, quantities, effectivity, and revisions with responsible business functions.\nFollow the ETO order process, including requirements and risk review, design review, drawing and bill-of-material readiness, PDM approval, MRP data readiness, quality requirements, and release authorization.\nCoordinate with Supply Chain, Operations, and Manufacturing Engineering to address materials, supplier capability, tooling, cost, lead time, sourcing risk, fabrication, assembly, work instructions, inspection, packaging, installation, and production readiness.\nSupport prototypes, pilots, and ETO production. Resolve design, supplier, manufacturing, quality, and installation issues through documented changes and controlled re-release.\nEstimate product cost and engineering effort and communicate assumptions, exclusions, technical risk, and lead-time impacts.\nEscalate work beyond established authority to Development Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Testing Services, Advanced Technology, or Product Support. Participate in design, supply chain readieness, production, testing, and continuous-improvement reviews.\nMaintain traceable requirements, decisions, correspondence, calculations, drawings, costs, approvals, and change records. Travel to jobsites, suppliers, manufacturing locations, or customers may be required, including occasional overnight travel, up to 10%.\nPRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:\nProvide timely, accurate technical application support and complete release packages that can be procured, manufactured, inspected, installed, and supported.\nProtect design integrity and corporate knowledge through controlled PDM records and alignment of released product data with JD Edwards.\nReduce cost, rework, lead time, and corporate risk through complete requirements, early cross-functional involvement, design reuse, documented limitations, and disciplined release and change practices.\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\nWorking knowledge of mechanical design, strength of materials, tolerancing, fabrication, assembly, design for manufacture, and structured problem solving.\nProficiency with at least one 2D or 3D CAD platform.\nDemonstrated curiosity and learning agility to understand multiple product families, recognize application limits, and coordinate custom design product release with Supply Chain, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, and Quality.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nTwo or more years of applications engineering, mechanical design, manufacturing engineering, or product-release experience.\nExperience with industrial products, fabricated assemblies, or electromechanical equipment.\nExperience with SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Revit, or other product-specific CAD platforms; PDM workflows; ERP systems, including JD Edwards; Salesforce; and Microsoft 365.\nWhat We Offer\nAt Rite-Hite, we take care of our people - because when you’re supported, you can do your best work. Our benefits are designed to support your health, your future and your life outside of work:\nHealth & Well-being:Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus life and disability insurance. A robust well-being program with an opportunity to receive an extra day off and more.\n\nFinancial Security:A strong retirement savings program with 401(k), company match, and profit sharing.\n\nTime for You:Paid holidays, vacation time, and personal/sick days each year.\n\nJoin us and build a career where you’re supported - at work and beyond.\nRite-Hite is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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