What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at ESAB?
Job Description:
The Design Engineer will be based in our Denton, TX facility. The Gas Equipment Engineer will be a significant collaborator in the development of new products in gas equipment line as well as maintaining the existing portfolio of brands like Victor, TurboTorch and others related to the gas equipment business. It will be a strategic support for the product marketing management, as well as for the plants in North America and the quality and engineering team. The role will be involved in a variety of activities including participating in brainstorming and creating new product ideas, developing new products, presenting product line growth initiatives, implementing cost reductions proposals, product optimization/platforming, rationalization of products and technical support in the line of gas equipment.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and follow up POs for all department expenditures.
- Windchill Gas Equipment administrator, manage the software of project development, following up the status of each project and supporting the leadership to define the priority and bottlenecks.
- Create/work ECRs and ECNs (Documentation for new product creation or product changing).
- NPI (New Product Introduction) projects and variants, supporting principal engineer and global engineer team with technical knowledge in all steps of the project.
- Creo/CAD model and drawing creation/revision/obsolescence.
- General part number creation and document control
- Quality support and problem resolution, understanding production or field issues, identifying the root cause and support in the definitive and immediately countermeasures, assuring that the problem was solved.
- Sales support and problem resolution, identifying the right product to offer according to sales/customer information
- Production support and problem resolution
- New product ideation and brainstorming
- General product knowledge support (designs, applications, history, etc.)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Industry Experience Preference: 5-10 yrs. in the Gas Equipment Industry - preferably engineer design experience
- Education Requirements: Welding /Mechanical Engineer degree or similar area
- Must have experience working with cross-functional teams that include engineering, product management, manufacturing, quality, marketing & sales
- Technical Requirements: ERP (SAP and JDE preferable), Windchill, MS Office, CAD, CREO, Solid Works
- Language Requirements: English; Spanish a plus
- Mobility & Travel Requirements: Up to 10%