What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Engineer - Kimball International, Jasper, IN position at Kimball International?
Role Description :
Responsible for engineering of both new and existing products to meet the requirements of our customers. This role will work directly with Industrial Designers, Packaging Engineers, Process Engineers and shop floor to design and engineer products to meet all required specifications.
Responsibilities :
Include Safety and Environmental, Quality, and Job Specific Roles and Responsibilities)
Responsible for design and engineering of products including material / manufacturing / tooling process selection, translation of market requirements to product specifications, CAD documentation, BOM structure, technical reviews, product testing and implementation.
Works with team members to "clearly" define product concept design and identify product design and manufacturing process alternative.
Responsible for packaging design for new and existing products
Validate engineering by identifying and testing to appropriate Kimball and external standards.
Lead prototyping activities to deliver viable samples
Determine nature of technical problems and possible solutions, such as product redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangements of parts of subassemblies.
Create product designs that optimize manufacturability
Create quality and material standards based off platformed products
Provide product and tooling options and costs
Responsible for EC analysis and implementation
Ensure as manufactured product meets all design and performance intent (ex quality, fit form and function)
Ownership of assignment from conception to commercialization
Perform complex design investigation, engineering analyses, and feasibility studies for new components or products using customer-supplied data, past experience and engineering principles
Optimize product design vs. cost by challenging manufacturing, make us. Buy, and product costing strategies
Create new or optimized product platforms across multiple mfg units and products series to reduce complexity
Create new quality and material standards
Revise and creates engineering standards
Support our Vision and Guiding Principles
Adhere to company safety guideline
Skills to Perform This Role :
Interpersonal Skills
Honest and ethical
Team Oriented
Positive attitude
Tactful
Assertive
Flexible
Patient
Creative thinking
Trustworthy
Good people skills
Willingness to learn new things
Ability to keep humor in the workplace
Ability to build and sustain relationships
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that is goal driven (completion dates)
Communication Skills
Good listening skills
Good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to communicate technical issues
Ability to communicate at all levels
Conduct design reviews with customers
Leadership Skills
Good organizational skills
Good team building skills
Respect of others point of view
Must have initiative
Business Skills
Good time management skills
Can handle multiple tasks
Understanding of role in the company
Can prioritize multiple tasks appropriate to meet business needs
Technical Skills
Understanding of sound engineering practices
Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Value Engineering / Value Analysis (VE / VA) and Design for Manufacturing / Assembly (DFM / DFA)
Understanding of Sustainability and relation to design
Understanding of manufacturing and tooling processes
Ability to perform root causes failure analysis
Understanding for various prototyping techniques
Understanding of BIFMA and UL standards
Understanding of mechanical drawings
Understanding of Solid modeling and 3D experience
Knowledgeable of Furniture industry
PC literate and fluent with Microsoft office programs
Ability to operate CAD related office products; scanner, printer, plotter, etc...
Understanding of Quality Fundamentals
Understanding of Financial Fundamentals
Understanding of PDP, NPI and EC Processes
Knowledge of various materials including steel, aluminum, plastic, composites, wood, etc and their common use applications
Ability to perform tolerance stack analysis
Understanding of Geometric, Dimensioning and ANSIY-14M
Understanding of mechanics of solids, strengths of materials, machine elements, material science, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics
Understanding of voice of the customer
Ability to identify product Critical to Quality Characteristics (CQT)
Interpret and mitigate results of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Conduct structural failure analysis
Verify process capability
Establish tolerance for fit, form and function based on specific process capabilities to establish acceptable for, fit and function
Ability to create detailed project plans
Qualifications : Educational
Bachelor's degree in engineering curriculum or relevant work experience.
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