SUMMARY: Directs and coordinates activities in the Addison Design Engineering department including design, manufacturing, and testing.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: Other duties may be assigned.
- Directs department activities to design new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and develop test procedures.
- Confers with management, production, and marketing staff to determine engineering feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
- Designs and reviews product for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
- Directs and coordinates manufacturing or building of prototype product or system.
- Prepares or directs preparation of product detailed drawings.
- Coordinates activities concerned with technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems.
- Prepares interim and completion project reports.
- Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
- Responsible for controlled document release, changes, and distribution.
- Accountable for maintenance of Bills of Operations and Bills of Materials and their accuracy.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES Requires knowledge typically acquired through:
- Completion of a Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university;
- Seven to ten years related experience or training; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Initiates and leads investigation in situations where product or systems fail to meet requirements
- Responsible for resolution of issues and communicate effectively to our customers as needed
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and employees.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical problems.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
QUALIFICATIONSTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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 sit, stand, talk, hear, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, and controls, and reach with arms and hands. The employee may be required to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate and travel is limited to less than 10%.
[Equal Opportunity Employer - Disability/Vet]
This job may require applicant to conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
