· Assists in the design and development of plastic molded sub-assemblies, components, and packaging.
· Assists in the development and implementation of changes to product design and/or the manufacturing process to achieve efficiency, quality, and/or cost improvements by participating in new product development programs. · Assists in developing requirement specifications, system concepts, CAD generated machine layouts, detail drawings, BOM’s and budgets. Makes layouts of basic assemblies and details of parts of devices, mechanisms and structures. · Assists in providing customer product design engineering for economic production; may participate in meetings with customers. · Assists in assessing proper material, tooling, automation and equipment selection. · Assists manufacturing in trouble-shooting problems, upgrades, retrofits, set-ups, methods development, and the development of process parameters · Participates in product development meetings and may make recommendations to product design changes to enhance manufacturing and assembly. · May conduct proof of concept experiments and design other testing requirements as needed. · May develop SOP’s, operations and maintenance manuals. · May research new technology or development tools to remain informed of current technology. · Basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma tools, projects and processes and ability to incorporate these into assigned engineering projects. · Reviews completed projects for accuracy, clarity and completeness. · Ensures projects are compliant with all local, regional and national regulatory requirements/codes and controls. · Supports all company safety and quality programs and initiatives. · May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.