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Responsible for ensuring that the design meets the customer’s expectations, is completed within the scheduled timeframe, and can be manufactured within the budgeted time and costs.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nRequired to work in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company Health and Safety and other Policies\nDetermine, understand and verify the function and mechanics of assigned projects\nReview initial concept with sales, project manager, customer and supervisor, as required\nFormulate machine design in CAD using simple, efficient and cost effective processes\nSpecify and obtain quotes for specialized purchased equipment\nSource and qualify all purchased mechanical, sensing, pneumatic and hydraulic components\nCompile Sequence of Operations, I/O List, Pneumatic BOM and Valve Bank Layout\nResponsible for checking and releasing BOM to Purchasing\nWork with assigned programmer to create working program\nRespond to questions from machine shop and assembly during building of machine\nWork with machine builder throughout the debugging phase\nYou’ll Be Great At\nAbility to effectively present information and respond to questions\nAbility to work at advanced levels of design complexity \nAbility to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists\nLevel of Autonomy and Authority\nReceive instructions on specific assignment objectives, complex features and methods of approach. 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