Senior, Product Development Engineer Design, Air Manufacturing Innovation

Joins the Design Engineering team at Air Manufacturing Innovation and reports to the Manager or Senior Manager, Product Development Engineering, Design. It works cross-functionally on projects ranging from new products, processes, and materials to continuous improvement on the existing product portfolio. The engineer applies deep expertise in product development, including process, tool design, and materials, while partnering with teammates and stakeholders to deliver high-quality engineering outcomes.

• Own part and tooling design for new product development and continuous improvement initiatives, from concept through detailed documentation and release.
• Develop and implement tooling-related changes for continuous improvement to increase operational efficiencies.
• Apply computational design methods and contribute to design and tooling operational excellence on assigned projects.
• Partner with stakeholders across Air MI to align technical work with manufacturing priorities and deliver designs ready for production.
• Collaborate with Tooling Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, and other partners to align tasks, timelines, and technical requirements.
• Support development of new Air products and daily manufacturing operations, including hands-on problem solving on the floor when needed.
• Solve problems using limited information, implement practical solutions, and anticipate downstream manufacturing impacts.
• Contribute to documenting and maintaining standard work instructions and design standards for the team.
• Share technical knowledge with teammates and communicate design decisions clearly to cross-functional partners.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or other manufacturing related degree, or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Minimum 3 years of related manufacturing experience within a high-volume manufacturing production environment.
• Proficiency using CAD tools for complex product and tooling design, with strong technical judgment in CAD-based part and tooling design.
• Experience using PDM software and in-depth understanding of revision control.
• Validated project management skills and proven ability to deliver on multiple concurrent engineering assignments.
• Great teamwork and communication skills with ability to work with associates of all levels.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on occasion.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and ability to own complex design assignments from concept through release.
• Ability to communicate clearly across functions, manage multiple priorities, and contribute solutions when information is incomplete.
• Deep expertise in product development, including process, tool design, and materials.

• NX & GD&T experience is strongly preferred.
• Teamcenter experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Six Sigma Tools, Lean Manufacturing methods, industrial equipment safety, and fabrication and tolerancing for machined and additive tooling is preferred.
• Experience with programming languages for scripting and developing applications for NX Open API is a plus.

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