Job Overview:
To direct and participate in the design and development of new product concepts and complex engineering projects for release to production in a manner to ensure products provide superior performance, durability, quality, and serviceability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conceives and provides practical product design applications using complex technical principles.
- The emphasis of this position is on creating concepts and directing the design and development of complex engineering projects.
- Prepares concept, design, development, and feasibility studies of complex engineering projects. Delegates portions of the project to other engineers and leads and coordinates the design, analysis, and computer simulation effort.
- Prepares development plans and is responsible for meeting scheduled dates. Acts as the development team leader by interacting with Plant locations and various engineering departments.
- Conducts technical evaluations of major systems on competitive products.
- Coordinates product tests with proven design and prototype build up and test areas. Provides guidance to other engineers responsible for portions of the product project to ensure development schedules are met. Evaluates defines, and resolves design and manufacturing problems.
- Travels to foreign and domestic plants, dealerships, and customer job sites to solve design problems or to field test locations to evaluate a product improvement.
- Uses technical expertise and product knowledge to play the leadership role in the problem resolution process when interfacing with Test and Evaluation, Service, Plant personnel, suppliers, and consultants.
- Works with manufacturability teams resolving problems with manufacturing and statistical process controls.
- Keeps abreast of the latest technological advancements and prepares design concepts and develops unique product design features the Company often patents to gain competitive advantage.
- Travels worldwide to suppliers, production plants, dealerships, customer job sites, and field test locations related to the development of engineering projects and problem resolution.
Essential:
- Experience in Gasoline Engine Manufacturing is a must.
- Must have a good mechanical aptitude with the ability to develop product concepts.
- Requires strong leadership ability and good communications skills.