What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Design Engineer position at Hayward Holdings, Inc.?
Hayward Flow Control, a division of Hayward Holdings Inc., is a leading manufacturer of industrial thermoplastic valves, actuators, filters, strainers, pumps, bulkhead fittings, and controllers for use in water & wastewater treatment, chemical processing, aquatics, and many other industrial process applications. Hayward Flow Control is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified manufacturer. We invite motivated professionals to share our new growth and product innovation vision.
We are growing our Product Engineering team. This role is based in Clemmons, NC.
Responsibilities
We are growing our Product Engineering team. This role is based in Clemmons, NC.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for development of new products, or redesign of existing products to specified project requirements as assigned by the Director of Engineering.
- Leads product development efforts from concept to completion on assigned projects, working with Product Management to ensure that final design meets all project deliverables.
- Works with Product Management to develop project business plans and capital requests for new products.
- Leads and participates on multi-functional design/development teams.
- Develops test specifications and oversees qualification and performance testing on all new products.
- Develops and maintains design files for assigned projects.
- Estimates product and project (i.e. Engineering labor) costs, as well as capital costs for assigned projects.
- Interfaces with suppliers for assigned projects to determine feasibility of proposed manufacturing methods, as well as to render “make/buy” decisions.
- Works with manufacturing or suppliers to resolve design related manufacturing issues.
- Develops all new part numbers, bills of material, component and assembly models and drawings for assigned projects.
- Interfaces with Technical Service and Sales to provide technical support to resolve customer issues.
- Occasionally travels to the field to provide technical training or support to Sales and customers
- Proficient use of PC required (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project).
- Proficient use of CAD and analysis programs required (AutoCad, ProE, SolidWorks, FEA, CFD, etc.).
- Knowledge of Design for Lean Sigma, or other Phase/Gate development process preferred.
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels within the organization.
- Must be able to work in a cross-functional team environment.
- Must possess proven ability to design for manufacturability.
- Must be able to execute multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited 4-year university.
- 7 years experience in Design Engineering, Product Engineering, or New Product Development.
- Valve, PVF, pump, or flow measurement industry experience is required.
- Must have experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably an injection molding and/or machine shop environment.
- Experience in a Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma environment preferred.
