What are the responsibilities and job description for the NPD Engineer position at MESTEK, INC?
Scope of Position:
Working under the direction of the NPD Manager, is responsible to develop, design, and test new cooling products. Will manage projects to completion and assume overall responsibility for meeting target dates and target costs. Will be assisted by the Mechanical Design Engineer and will work in a team with production engineering and plant personnel.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Evaluation and written response to a “product definition” document, assessing the technical feasibility of the proposed project.
- Performing all necessary engineering performance calculations
- Development of conceptual drawings
- Directing construction of prototypes
- Developing and conducting tests to establish prototype design compliance with known standards and good engineering practice
- Development of the bills of materials for the new product
- Providing engineering performance data for the final product configuration in support of marketing literature development
- Coordinating agency testing and obtaining agency approvals for the new product
- Final product testing and agency approval testing might require travel to manage set up and testing of the product.
- Conforms to all Quality and Environmental Management System policies, objectives and obligations.
- Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.