Engineer

Company: Preformed Line Products
Location: Middletown
Posted on: March 16, 2023

Job Description:

Our Engineers are responsible for helping to provide product engineering services, including new product development, product modifications, and technical service.

Essential Functions:

• Provide technical support to Marketing and Manufacturing for existing product offerings.
• Evaluates alternative materials for cost reductions/improved performance.
• Helps with new product development and product modification work.
• Helps to develop product parameters, specifications, and engineering drawings.
• In conjunction with the supervisor and the Purchasing Department, works with vendors concerning tooling and part fabrication issues.
• In the product development process helps consider:
  • regulatory issues
  • safety regulations
  • application procedures
  • quality acceptance criteria
  • verification analysis
  • design review requirements
  • Helps provide technical performance data necessary to support the sale of new and modified products.
  • Helps extend, after proper testing and engineering evaluation, existing products to affect greater use by customers.
  • Helps modify products to do specialized jobs required by customer and deemed necessary by marketing or engineering.
  • Helps in handling field complaints and product failures. Helps analyze problems, solutions, or recommendations after proper engineering and laboratory studies. Consults with Materials Engineer to determine causes of material failures.
  • Works with Production, Quality Assurance, and Materials Engineer in helping determine acceptable quality and resolving problems of questionable quality of products.
  • Helps interpret engineering recommendations, customer specifications, and engineering drawings.
  • Attends technical meetings, conferences, and specialized courses consistent with area of responsibility.
  • Is capable of developing and conducting material test procedures to comply with industry and customer specifications. Prepares and performs analysis in support of product development.
  • Uses Pro-E, SoildWorks design, or Auto-Cad software. Qualifications and Requirements
    • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
    • Zero - seven years of product development of application engineering experience
    • Ability to travel 10-20% of the time
    • A team player.
    • Very good written and verbal skills required.

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