The Product Engineer II will design and improve commercial air distribution products, ensuring top-tier performance and reliability. This role will use SolidWorks and engineering principles to create innovative solutions that meet client and production needs while driving efficiency and excellence.
What you'll do:Design & Development
- Create parts, assemblies, and drawings in SolidWorks, leveraging VBA to automate file creation and streamline documentation.
- Manage engineering data using SolidWorks PDM, ensuring accuracy and version control.
- Develop and finalize models and drawings for special product requests, collaborating with Product Managers, clients, and manufacturing engineers for approvals.
Documentation & Product Support
- Create and update drawings and BOMs for missing or outdated product documentation, managing files efficiently in SolidWorks PDM.
- Respond to Engineering Change Requests by releasing drawing and modeling packages on schedule.
- Review Corrective Action and Deviation Requests from production facilities, recommending corrective actions.
- Generate technical reports, graphs, and marketing illustrations to define/illustrate system performance and operating characteristics.
Collaboration & Project Management
- Develop and Manage product design schedules using the phase-gate process, ensuring timely delivery and continuous improvement of engineering procedures.
- Create and monitor project status reports
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and plants to ensure design specifications are maintained, streamline and lean out production standards and processes, reduce waste, and recommend design improvements.
- Answer technical questions from clients, OEM representatives, and manufacturing engineers at production facilities about products to ensure seamless HVAC system integration
Analysis & Testing
- Test and/or evaluate software or firmware used by engineering.
- Initiate and oversee prototype/ test model development and analyze laboratory data to drive product improvements and innovation.
- Test, evaluate, and compare competitor's products, materials, designs, performance and application.
Leadership:
- Mentor designers and junior engineers, fostering a collaborative environment
- Participate in meetings, seminars, and training sessions to stay apprised of new developments in technology, tools, and resources. This may include participation in AMCA, UL, DOE, ASHRAE, and AHRI committees.
- Follow and comply with company work and safety rules.
What We Look For:
- Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) in Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace engineering from an accredited four-year College or University
- 3+ years of related engineering and SolidWorks experience is required. Knowledge and experience with HVAC systems and manufacturing processes is preferred.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, VBA, MS Office, and familiarity with tools like ANSYS CFD, AutoCAD, and Autodesk Revit.
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills, with the ability to handle practical issues and interpret varied instructions in written, oral, or diagram form, even in situations with limited standardization.
- Proficient in applying algebra, geometry, and physics to solve engineering and financial calculations.
- Ability to interpret technical documents, present information clearly, and effectively communicate and influence stakeholders.
- Must be willing to travel up to 20% of the time to respective manufacturing locations for product start-up, quality audits, and follow up on the production of products
Preferred:- Three years of hands-on and practical engineering experience in HVAC is preferred.
- Experience with ANSYS CFD/FEA, Autodesk Revit, VBA programming, Phase-Gate development processes, project management, DFMA, FMEA, LabView, AS400, sheet metal forming and fabrication, air movement principles, and fan/blower laws are a plus.
Work Environment :- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell.
- The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.
- The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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