Principal Product Engineer-Ball Screws

Description

UMBRAGROUP-Thomson Aerospace & Defense (Linear Motion, LLC) is an agile, passionate partner revolutionizing motion solution. We are an Intelligent Partner who works with passion and dedication always offering innovation, flexible and customizable solutions based on our customer’s needs, creating products that can revolutionize a constantly changing market. We are an intelligent supplier of actuators, ball screws, bearings, and components in high-tech markets. Excellent service is the foundation of our business, and we work to be FIRST (Customer Focused, Innovation, Respect, Social Responsibility, Teamwork).

Position Summary:

The Principal Product Engineer will lead new product initiatives, current product enhancements, and customer technical communications, in collaboration with adjacent UmbraGroup departments.

This position is located in our Saginaw, Michigan facility.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, analysis, testing and implementation of breakthrough ball screw and actuation technologies
• Lead technical communication with customers and internal stakeholders
• Generate detailed CAD models and product drawings considering DFM/DFA
• Perform engineering analysis to ensure designs will meet customer requirements
• Design, conduct, and analyze laboratory testing of new products
• Work with design and process teams to identify, investigate and implement state of the art materials, design improvements and manufacturing processes
• Support the continuous improvement of products by incorporating feedback from testing, field performance, and operations
• Collaborate with our Foligno Italy facility to share and implement best practices
• Advance UmbraGroup’s use of analytical tools and testing methods
• Prepare and deliver technical proposals, seminars and papers to industry as a “technical expert” in the field of ball screws and motion systems
• Mentor and train colleagues

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering; M.S. is a plus
• Minimum 8 years of engineering experience
• Minimum 5 years of ball screw engineering experience
• Experience with solid modeling and drawing creation (NX Preferred), including GD&T 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Energetic and self-motivated
• Team player willing to mentor and train less experienced colleagues
• Ability to travel up to 15%
• Due to ITAR regulations, must be a U.S. Person

Preferred:

• Aerospace and/or Defense Experience 
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards in a design and manufacturing environment
• Hardware test experience 
• Familiarity with analytical modeling tools
• 10 or more years of ball screw engineering experience
• DFM/DFA experience

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None 

Language, Math, and Reasoning Ability:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, drawings, set-up sheets, travelers, procedure manuals and government regulations. 

Computer Skills:

Must be able to use the computer and computer software as required by job.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The physical surroundings for this position are inside a factory and product manufacturing environment with work split between the offices and shop areas at all the UMBRAGROUP facilities and at customer and/or vendor locations worldwide. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise levels are moderate to loud.

All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees are required to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.