Job Description
Product Development Engineer – Job Summary:
We’re supporting our client, a leading manufacturer based in Fairfield, OH who are looking for a Product Development Engineer to join their growing team. The successful Product Development Engineer will have experience of working within a high-volume metal manufacturing environment.
Salary: $65,000 – $75,000
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Fairfield, OH
Job Start date: ASAP
Responsibilities:
- Identify and implement process improvement and new product/process initiatives
- Perform physical and metallurgical property analysis on welding and metallurgical lab samples
- Spearhead trials to implement process and product improvements.
- Document results for internal process development and internal/external reports.
- Specify extrusion parameters for HEW products
- Communicate weld lab priorities and schedule to R&D Technician
- Manage weld lab inventory and equipment
- Establish and maintain ACW product formulations
- Establish, update, and maintain part numbers and bills of materials for all product lines
- Work with sales and end users to develop new products and provide customer support
- Work with production to identify and implement process improvements and cost saving opportunities
- Work with purchasing to identify, source, and qualify raw materials
- Establish and maintain internal product and raw material specifications and procedures
- Maintain Specification Reference Database for all items
- Understand and follow all the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) documents
About You:
Minimum:
- S. Degree in Engineering (Material Science, Welding, or Mechanical)
- Ability to communicate and work with all levels within the organization
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to make decisions and problem solve independently
- Ability to travel both nationally and internationally on average 1-2 times per year for 1-2 days at a time
- Fully Executed Confidentiality Agreement and Restrictive Covenants
Preferred:
- 1-2 Experience with welding, welding procedures or welding metallurgy
- 2+ Product development experience
Job Application:
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