What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Development Engineer position at Daifuku Automotive America Corporation?
Product Development Engineer
Job Location
US-IN-Hobart
| # of Openings | 1 | Shift | 1st Shift | Company Division | ILUS |
Daifuku Intralogistics America is seeking an engineer with material handling experience to join our new product R&D team. This member will be pivotal in designing innovative conveyor and sortation material handling solutions.
The Product Development Engineer develops new products for conveyor systems and applications.
- Performs engineering calculations to ensure a robust design, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
- Ensures that new products are safe, reliable and easy to maintain
- Selects appropriate and cost-effective purchased products
- Analyzes data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
- Develops and executes test plans for concepts and prototypes to establish operational parameters
- Uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
- Partners with the design team, manufacturing, quality control, purchasing and administration
Conceives, designs, develops and engineers new conveyor fabricated products that add value and meet customer needs
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Product Development, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in the material handling industry
- Experience in conveyor systems with carton handling and/or pallet handing
- Experience with Motor Driven Roller (MDR), sortation technologies, installation, project management, electrical, or EPDM administration highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of design and development of conveyor-related products
- Knowledge of conveyor equipment individually and on a system level
- Knowledge of competitors' products
- Knowledge of plastics, metals, alloys, and chemistry
- Knowledge of design cost, budgets, and expenditures
- Ability to use Excel to sort large data tables and create calculation tables and PowerPoint to create visual explanations
- Proficient with MS Office, 3D SolidWorks, EPDM and simulation modules
- Strong organization skills to meet project plans and deadlines
- Collaborative and team-oriented
- Creative thinking and problem-solving skills
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Federal Contractor
Daifuku America Corporation is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and federal sub/contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, gender, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or medical condition.
