Product Development Engineer - Electromechanical at Reliance One, Inc.

Job Requirements

• Design and development of electromechanical valves and actuators
• Initiate and/or support design and development of electromechanical products including valves and actuators
• Electromechanical product components design and integration into a comprehensive system
• Design, development and release of valves, including hydraulic design calculations, prototype testing, interpreting computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) reports
• Design, development and release of actuators, including conceptual layouts, statement of requirements (SOR), interpretation and implementation
• Insure all customer performance and durability specifications and requirements are met
• Support component and end item manufacturing process development and optimization Parts and systems are to be designed for manufacturing
• Initiate and support engineering verification (EV), design validation (DV) and production validation (PV) product testing
• Support product prototype builds
• Support purchasing with the supplier selection process
• Support product cost estimating efforts

Job Qualifications

YEARS EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 3 years of electromechanical device design and testing experience
• Experience in BLDC, brushed motor design and gear design experience is a significant plus
• Experience in Thermal systems hydraulic design and development a plus

DEGREE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or (higher)

DESIRED COMPETENCIES/EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to apply and use engineering knowledge and experience in the design and development of electromechanical devices
• Practical and working knowledge of valve and actuator design
• Knowledge of BLDC and brushed motor design
• Knowledge in FEA a plus
• Knowledge of 3D Solidworks/NX/Catia a plus
• Practical and working knowledge of high volume manufacturing processes such as: injection molding, complex assembly, and machining
• Skilled in GD&T
• Practical working knowledge of: FMEA, APQP, PPAP, and DV & PV testing
• Ability to understand and apply automotive powertrain engineering specifications
• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work independently and within a cross-functional team environment
• Must have a self starting, proactive and resourceful mindset
• Good analytical problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Able to understand customer functional and packaging needs and design/develop cost effective solutions
• Ability to work alone and in a team to determine optimal, robust engineering designs and materials for various products, applications and system components
• Ability to simultaneously engineer products with consideration to and involvement of manufacturing engineering such that the products are designed for cost effective, robust manufacturing process
• Must be capable of evaluating various supplier processes and select those optimal for the product
• Able to determine required EV, DV and PV testing to prove-out/validate designs

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Limited travel required to suppliers, customer, and manufacturing plants during launch

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