Product Engineering Technician

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JOB PURPOSE or JOB DESCRIPTION:

Perform duties to create and modify models in an end-to-end enterprise manufacturing system and coordinate with Project Management, Design, and Drafting team members to ensure product specifications and customer expectations are met.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and program cabinet models and/or tops in multiple software packages.
• Create and modify programs for nested and point to point CNC machines utilizing multiple software packages.
• Test new cabinet configurations to ensure programming is functioning properly and quality specifications are met.
• Assign feature/option sets to modified product configurations.
• Work with Project Managers, Designers, Drafters and other Engineers to ensure cabinet designs meet company standards and satisfy customer requirements.
• Collaborate with production staff and quality to investigate non-conformance issues and implement corrective actions to eliminate future occurrences.
• Maintain or create a bill of materials for standard or modified products, including creating part numbers for new items.
• Prioritize and organize work ensuring that tasks are successfully completed within defined timeframes and meet predetermined deadlines.
• Create, revise logs for production and project work.
• Assist Product Development and R&D when needed to help conceptualize and prototype new ideas.
• Work with Procurement and outside vendors as needed for Product Development and R&D.
• Participate in project meetings and collaborate closely with others within the Engineering department.
• Collaborate with Senior Product Design Engineers on projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

COMPETENCIES:

• Continuous Improvement: Actively seeks out and recommends improvements in their work processes, products, and services; demonstrates a proactive approach to identifying areas for optimization and consistently strives for higher quality results.
• Customer Focus: Continuously pays attention to customer (internal and/or external) needs and adapts as relationships evolve. Customer focus means being open-minded, responsive, agile, and driving innovation.
• Dependability and Self-Awareness: Consistently reliable in fulfilling commitments and responsibilities, including regularly reporting to work on time each day, while also having a clear understanding of their own strengths, weaknesses, emotions, and how their actions impact others, allowing them to adapt and make informed decisions based on their self-perception.
• Manages Conflict: Demonstrates the ability to navigate disagreements and resolve conflict in a productive way by remaining calm, communicating in a way that doesn't attack or disparage others, allowing others to share their concerns without placing blame or putting words in their mouths, understanding others perspectives, listening to others' points of view, identifying underlying issues, acknowledging the view of all sides, and willing to work toward a common solution.
• Teamwork: Employee has been an integral part of the workforce and has acted in team efforts responsibly; works collaboratively with others toward a common goal gaining trust and respect from others.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Associate’s degree in mechanical engineering or 1-2 years of experience in manufacturing.

Experience and/or Training: Some coursework in computer aided design software (AutoCAD) and/or SolidWorks or Inventor.

Licenses/Certificates: None

Technology/Equipment: Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite and entry level in one or more of the following: AutoCAD, SolidWorks or Inventor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: College or technical courses related to engineering and/or a manufacturing background.

Experience and/or Training:

Technology/Equipment:

• Familiarity with an ERP/MRP system, IMOS, and experience using CNC Programming
• Knowledge with 2020/Cyncly Software Systems

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

Sitting for long periods of time, 6-8 hours per day. Walking, speaking, hearing seeing. Listen and observe the environment for hazard prevention. Use hands for tools and typing. Semi-frequently lift up to 15 lbs. Some tasks may require the employee to bend, stoop, twist, and turn.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Indoor office working environment. Office is temperature-controlled all year round. Minimal hazards identified.