Design Engineer 1 ajc
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