· 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.