Product Development Engineer Job Description
Product development engineer
provides product and process DFM (Design for Manufacturing) input to Product Development Engineering to enhance manufacturability and product cost.
Product Development Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Manage design tradeoffs between cost, aesthetics, performance, and other design attributes
Design and develop products according to the company’s Design Control and Idea to Market processes
Understanding of materials and processes used in product design
Translate product level requirements into subsystem/module/component design criteria
Develop and execute design & verification of Subsystem/Module/Components on schedule and at required cost, quality and performance levels
Own engineering release of subsystem design including component and module CAD, Drawings, and BOMs
Develop and capture knowledge required to deliver subsystem level excellence through Design Guides, FMEA, DVP&R, A3’s, Tolerance Stack Ups, and other documents
Align current capability of architecture/supplier/manufacturing/customer solutions to meet product attribute targets and identify solutions for projects where current capability does not align to targets
Coordinate prototype build plans to evaluate design concepts through physical lab testing
Work with cross-functional team members (Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Marketing, Service, etc)
Product Development Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Product Development Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, CID, OPEX, IPC, UL, CCNP, CCNA, CAPM, PMA, FAA
Education for Product Development Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the product development engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Science, Technical, Education, Design, Electronics
Skills for Product Development Engineer
Desired skills for product development engineer include:
Manufacturing
Design
Python
Installation
End-to-end product manufacturing development process and ability to work with validation
Manufacturing processes
Process and test program teams to solve various product issues
Yield
JTAG
DFT architectures
Desired experience for product development engineer includes:
Lead CFD analyses in support of vehicle aerodynamic development with emphasis on trucks
Master's in Aerospace and/or Mechanical Engineering
10 plus years of automotive experience
Experience with OpenFoam
Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering ( Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial) or
Support GEE Quality Metrics by supporting individual component activates
Product Development Engineer Examples
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Product Development Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of product development engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for product development engineer
- Participate in and lead Technical Design Previews as needed
- Work with Design Engineering to have product prototypes created and perform product testing for internal evaluation for customer and consumer testing/feedback
- Coordinating the design, development and packaging of brake systems and brake components
- The ideal candidate will have experience in creating and utilizing quality tools such dFMEA, DFA, Design Requirement Document (DRD)
- Coordinating new R&D led projects including New Product Introduction (NPI) in the manufacturing plant including face-to-face meetings, teleconferences and regular updates on project activities, milestones and status
- Design, develop and maintain embedded software test equipment and test plans for vehicle components
- Perform requirement analysis and develop software requirements and design documentation
- Track/Drive RPS and POs to approval
- Report out weekly Component status to System integration
- Develop multiple interfacing CAE models to predict future vehicle / commodity system's idel states, utilizing statistical, deterministic and parametric modeling techniques
Qualifications for product development engineer
- Bachelor’s Degree (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent)
- General Computer Skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
- General knowledge of engine function
- BSAQ awareness and or training needed
- AWS account or need to be trained to gain access
- Bachelors in Engineering or technical discipline strongly to position function
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Product Development Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a product development engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product development engineer
- The understanding of coil magnetics, valve or fluid component design
- Perform detailed design work in CAD and elaborate product documentation (drawings, technical regulations, etc)
- Author and track customer work orders for the release of designs, cost and timing, design/drawing updates, building work orders and temporary work orders throughout the program
- Automate test scripts development for Hardware in the loop (HIL)
- Utilize industry standard problem solving methods to resolve
- Interpret regulatory guidelines and transfer this into
- Ensuring the testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the component feasibility stage through production ramp
- Participate as a member of the Product Development Engineering Team
- Build a Mid-Tier service to fetch the data from multiple databases by using REST API, plan and define REST API for database service
- Assist Sales and Applications Engineering with penetrating new applications and customers (utilizing Product Road Maps, Product Benchmarking, and translating V.O.C
Qualifications for product development engineer
- Basic qualification - Bachelor's Degree in Electronics, Electrical, Microelectronics, Science or a related technical degree
- Possess statistical data analysis and data system automation skills (eg
- Experience with single-page application development using JavaScript frameworks such as Backbone, Angular, jQuery, Angular
- Master’s or foreign equivalent degree in Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering or a related field
- 2 years of experience in the job offered or 2 years of experience applying human factors engineering or industrial engineering in an automotive related field or teaching principles of industrial and automotive engineering at a University level (In lieu of a master’s degree and 2 years of experience, employer will accept a bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience as stated)
- Organisational skill and financial awareness
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Product Development Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of product development engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product development engineer
- Analyze product design to effect maximum utilization of materials, methods and processes in order to meet target cost and quality specifications
- Check for Design Material Cost Reduction action anomalies and red flags
- Mentoring & coaching junior team members in combustion testing & gas furnace design
- Prepare Process FMEA , Manufacturing Standard, Operation Instruction upon completion of the cycle of process development to hand over for mass production
- Elaborate technical descriptions, apply tools for concept selections
- Partner with the program team to understand details of engineering changes, associated drawing changes, cost and timing impacts
- Track and facilitate customer approvals of EWO’s through customer system/process
- Communicate program concerns to account/program/engineering manager
- Participate in all change approval boards for all work orders
- Participate in internal program open issue meetings
Qualifications for product development engineer
- Computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, PLM etc)
- Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in Mechanical engineering or related technical BS degree
- 2+ years project experience preferred
- Technical experience could be considered in place of a BS degree
- Bachelors Degree in relevant field (biomedical or mechanical engineering)
- Three plus (3+ ) years expert having worked with 3D, CAD, SAP, Office and relevant tools such as DCP and ItM
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Product Development Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a product development engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for product development engineer
- Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications
- Coordinate activities to efficiently resolve technical developments, rescheduling issues, and engineering design and test problems as they arise
- Technical project management & coordination of large gas furnace NPD programs
- Schedule creation & tracking of engineering deliverables
- Work cross-functionally to deliver programs and schedules on time, cost & quality
- Responsible for Electrical Test Development
- Determine of electrical test specification determination for new device
- Develop test program for test machine and network analyzer to test on new device
- Correlate the electrical test value at test jig level and printed circuit board level
- Require to operate machine for data taking to determine the probe correlation
Qualifications for product development engineer
- Five plus (5+) years of successful working experience in product development and / or technical project lead in medical device or pharmaceutical industry, preferably in the dental industry
- Three plus (3+) years experience in leading technical projects and teams in matrix organizations
- BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or related field/skill sets preferred,or equivalent experience
- Forward thinker, willing to take on special projects/ new initiatives
- Indepth Knowledge and working experience of device software platforms (Android OS, windows,..), Android SDKs (sensors), third-party APIs and (JSON/XML, ), Security services (authentication), machine learning technologies
- BSc or above degree in Chemistry, Material Science or Engineering
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Product Development Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a product development engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product development engineer
- Prepare/edit Engineering Product Specs, Participate in Test Equipment design, oversee product testing, validation, redesign if required and final production sign-off
- Occasional travel to out-of-state manufacturing facilities
- Design cartridge valve products and conceive new features on new or existing products
- Create product design layouts and detailed product documentation of valve components and assemblies, test specifications, D-FMEAs and Bill of Materials
- Own the product variant design of sensors, lead the CRS implementation process from M1 to M5
- Provide guidance to Engineering Assistant to track and record status of active projects
- Provide guidance and assistance to Jr
- Provide engineering feasibility and propose concepts to our customer during the theme and product development stage
- Lead Program Development Team (PDT) meetings regarding their specific commodity
- Utilize engineering disciplines (FMA, DFMEA, QFD, DVPR, APQP, PPAP ) and prepare necessary documentation
Qualifications for product development engineer
- Good knowledge in printing formulation & technology, Surface & Physical Chemistry, Colloid Science
- Ability to work independently in a lab setting with minimal instruction/supervision
- Assist transitioning product to modern Javascript development
- Defines and designs application code
- Works closely with business and product owners to ensure appropriate business measures are defined
- Assists with creating timelines and estimates for assignments