Applications Engineer - Aerospace Bearing

RBC Bearings Incorporated (NYSE: RBC/RBCP) is a leading international manufacturer of highly engineered precision bearings, components and essential systems for the industrial, defense and aerospace industries. Founded in 1919, the Company is primarily focused on producing highly technical and/or regulated bearing products and components requiring sophisticated design, testing and manufacturing capabilities for the diversified industrial, aerospace and defense markets. We currently have 56 facilities, of which 37 are manufacturing facilities in ten countries and our market capitalization is approximately $6.2 billion.

Principal Responsibilities

1.  Provide technical support to the Sales force in the areas of bearing design, design improvements, customer support, production support and review of new applications.
2. Works with customers to resolve technical problems and makes technical presentations with the Sales Engineers at target accounts.
3. Review of new applications and provide technical solutions to ensure product performance.
4. Responsible for the conceptual design engineering of new products, special products and contribute to the improvement of existing products and manufacturing methods to meet customer demands.
5. Technical consultant on product design, application and service problems, quality deviations and material and parts substitution. Assists in the technical education of sales trainees and personnel of other departments.
6. Functions as an engineering consultant to manufacturing on problems related to the manufacture of the company’s products. 
7. Provides product design requirements to product designers assigned to specific projects and assures that all detail process step drawings are in conformance to the requirements and technical specifications.
8. Establishes bearing testing requirements and test plans and reports test results to customers to gain product approval.
9. Responsible for establishing new products into the MRP AS400 system and creating the associated Bill-of-Material.
10. Responsible for approving new product designs and releasing designs to manufacturing
11. Supports lean enterprise activities in support of API Plant objectives.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field and 5 years of experience in design drafting, mechanical design or manufacturing methods and/or related engineering field in a manufacturing environment or any combination of experience, education and training which would provide the level of knowledge, skill and ability required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. Bearing design principles and practices
2. Mechanical design principles and practices
3. Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
4. Company products and manufacturing processes
5. ITAR Regulations
6. Familiarity with and ability to interpret customer and industry standards and specifications.
7. Lean Enterprise methods
8. Solid Modeling CAD Software
9. Computer skills
10. Familiarity with various operating systems
11. Knowledge of bearing test lab equipment and capabilities
12. Bearing failure evaluation and analysis
13. Able to analyze data to make decisions relative to product performance and manufacturing.
14. Able to create and make technical presentations
15. Communicate effectively, orally and in writing