Product Development Engineer

Description:

Due to growth, we are in need of growing their New Product Development engineering team & we are looking for a Design Engineer to join this team. This engineer will collaborate with the US product development team (Columbus team) to conceive, design, source, test, and produce products that meet Canadian regulations and launch simultaneously in Canada and the US, providing technical expertise and creative solutions while ensuring feasibility, and support product improvement projects in both CRS and non-CRS categories which may require quarterly travel to Canada.

Here is the job description condensed into bullet points:

- 25% time spent within CAD modeling, 25% getting into product building with model shop and assembly work, 25% getting into testing / troubleshooting, 25% miscellaneous engineering project support)

- Lead product development projects for Canadian market including design, specifications, prototyping, and testing.

- Perform engineering activities and analysis like DFMEA, tolerance analysis, FEA to ensure quality and manufacturability.

- Generate and manage technical specifications, data, definitions, and test plans.

- Troubleshoot failures, recommend design changes, and improve test protocols.

- Collaborate with global teams to evaluate designs and provide technical guidance.

- Continuously improve designs for cost, manufacturability, reliability, usability, and value.

Skills:

Design, Solidworks, Mechanical, New product development, plastics injection molding, product design/development, Gd&t, Cad, Creo, 3d modeling, Mechanical engineering, Mechanical design, Project management, plastic injection, product design, engineering, plastic, fea, dfmea, 3D, dvp&r, pmp certification, fmvss, six sigma certification

Top Skills Details:

Design,Solidworks,Mechanical,New product development,plastics injection molding,product design/development,Gd&t,Cad,Creo,3d modeling,Mechanical engineering,Mechanical design,Project management,plastic injection,product design,engineering,plastic,fea,dfme

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Nice to Have:

1.) Masters Degree within Engineering

2.) Car seat manufacturing background

3.) PMP safety experience tied to crash testing

4.) SolidWorks Certification

5.) Knowledge of FMVSS Standards tied to juvenile consumer products

6.) Six Sigma Certification

7.) Excel VBA Coding

About Actalent

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