Design Engineer 1

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Engineer, develop, and prove out product concepts and designs.

· Design and analyze hydraulic circuits and circuit components for customer applications.

· Modify, update, or change existing product and component drawings, test procedures, and assembly instructions.

· Communicate design and development work to other departments via Engineering Change Orders, New Product Releases, Special Project Authorizations, etc.

· Setup and operate product testing in a laboratory environment. Validate results with mathematical analysis.

· Review, recommend, direct, and/or create product designs, modifications, and cost estimates and analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and assess the feasibility of products and project scope.

· Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities to meet objectives.

· Consult with customers after the sales department has established initial contact, to discuss all product issues related to form, fit, and function.

· Set scientific and technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management.

· Work on, investigate, and report or serve as a resource on projects requiring advanced knowledge of a particular field of specialization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and/or Experience

· Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

· 1 to 3 years of

o Design responsibility for the development and oversight of products

o Hydraulic circuit design

o Valve, pump, or motor design

· Active participation in a hydraulics or SAE society during undergraduate program is highly desired.

Language Skills

· Read, analyze, and interpret engineering designs, drawings, test results and studies, and all other related information pertaining to materials, treatments, processing, and manufacturing.

· Respond to inquiries or complaints from customers.

· Write reports and business correspondence.

· Effectively present information to management and customers.

Mathematical Skills

· Calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume

· Apply concepts of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and other engineering computations dealing with finite element analysis, and material fatigue.

· Explain mathematical calculations and their relationship to product form, fit, function, limits, and life expectancy.

Reasoning Ability

· Define problems, collect and research data, establish facts, use intuition and experience to complement data, and draw valid conclusions.

· Interpret an extensive variety of technical, complex, and/or diverse information in mathematical form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

· Occasionally required to reach above shoulders, climb, kneel, or crouch.

· Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and capability to occasionally lift and/or to move up to 25 pounds.

· Using hand tools, assemble and disassemble test-stand set-ups, products, and their installation and come into close contact with various operating fluids required for the test, function, and performance evaluation of products.

Other Qualifications

· Operate a variety of office equipment such as a personal computer, calculator, telephone, fax machine,

· Operate hoists, cranes, lab and production test stand equipment along with associated devices used for monitoring and measuring all size and performance aspects of a product under development, test or production.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Dynex offers competitive pay and an excellent benefit package, including:

· Comprehensive medical plan with employer contribution Health Savings Account

· Dental and vision plans

· 401(k) retirement plan with generous company contributions

· Employer-paid:

o Group term life insurance

o Accidental death and dismemberment

o Short-term disability

o Training opportunities

· Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

· Long-term disability

· Voluntary life insurance options

· Paid Time Off (PTO)

· Up to 13 paid Holiday days, includes building shut down the week of 4th of July.

· Tuition Reimbursement Program

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