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Become a Product Development Engineer

About The Position

Do you enjoy process engineering, reverse engineering, and the opportunity to work on multiple product development projects (spanning multiple industries)? Days at Strouse are sure to provide challenging and rewarding experiences! With a strong organizational culture and a team environment, Strouse is a state of the art manufacturing facility with varied equipment and capabilities! This position is one of a kind! Don't miss you chance to apply today.

Summary

The Product Development Engineer position is responsible for assisting customers with the design of their products for manufacturing, determining the ideal processing method(s), determining/sourcing the ideal materials, and developing the ideal manufacturing process(es) to create the desired product. This position is important due to the complexity of custom products, and the skill required to develop robust solutions that satisfy customers. Innovation is crucial to Strouse’s competitive advantage.

Essential Functions

• Manage the design of new products and processes to meet customer demand and sales strategies.
• Participate in product development meetings, communicating status of agreed action items and documenting progress.
• Manage prioritization of projects based on current business needs.
• Source new raw materials and technologies required to achieve product viability and cost objectives.
• Manage design inputs/outputs and hold design reviews on projects/products when applicable.
• Participate in implementation and evaluation of quality procedures for developing products as part of the quality team.
• Keep abreast of new industry technologies and materials and share information with others at Strouse.
• Support Territory Managers through joint sales calls when necessary.
• Provide technical support to production when necessary.
• Support project cost estimation efforts.
• Monitor post-development production performance of projects.
• Contribute to the creation, improvement, implementation, documentation, and performance of the processes and procedures of The Strouse Corporation Quality Management System.
• Embody Strouse’s values, through respect, and continual focus on process improvement and customer delivery excellence.

Competencies

• General Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Process Capability/Data Analysis
• Customer/Client Focus
• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Project Management
• Effective communication; problem solving, listening, and interpersonal skills
• Organization skills
• Strong work ethic and team player mentality

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described herein are those that must be met by an employee (with or without reasonable accommodation) to successfully perform the essential functions of the Product Development Engineer position:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift products and supplies, up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Travel

Travel is expected less than 5%, travel ranges from a partial day to multiple days. Primarily in North America but OUS may occur.

Required Education and Experience

• 4-year College Degree in Engineering or Related Field
• Computer Proficiency: CAD & Microsoft Office Products

Preferred Education and Experience

• 3+ years of related work experience
• CAD design (AutoCAD/Solidworks)
• Statistical analysis related to process capability
• Lean Manufacturing
• Process Improvement
• Process Validation/Verification (IQ/OQPQ, PPAP, FAI)
• PFMEA/DFMEA/DOE

Work Location

In person