Product Design Engineer

Location

Oakville, ON | Canada

Job description

About Us:

• Work in a team environment and individually to meet project objectives.
• Create concepts, and down select them.
• Develop prototypes that can be quickly fabricated utilizing internal 3D printing and machining capabilities.
• Work closely with Accelerated Testing and Process teams to develop test plans to validate designs.
• Create detailed design packages (3D models, drawings, BOMs, and documentations) for manufacturing and external suppliers.
• Perform design calculations (tolerance stack ups, thermal expansion, loads/stresses, FEA and CFD analysis) to ensure that designs are safe and will meet performance requirements.
• Work with Sourcing, Supply Chain and Quality to select suppliers, optimize designs based on their input and validate parts through the PPAP process.
• Support Manufacturing trial builds and ramp-ups, by designing fixtures, tools, writing work instructions and transferring technical knowledge.
• Support existing products changes through the ECO process; revising 3D models, drawings and BOMs.
• Work closely with Product Management, Service, Commissioning and Projects teams to transfer knowledge regarding new products and changes.
• For some projects the Product Designer will also be the Project Manager. Responsibilities will include creating and maintaining a project schedule, developing cost projections, running regular update meetings, coordinating with all the other functions and leading the creation of the required Toll Gate documentation.

• Ability to come up with simple, elegant and cost effective solutions.
• Strong understanding of design best practices.
• Sound understanding of how to design plastic injection molded parts.
• Sound understanding of how to design metal structures.
• Project Management skills.
• Analysis & Reporting.

• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Cross-Functional Leadership skills.
• Self-motivated, ability to drive projects to completion with minimal oversight.
• Mindset of open collaboration and innovation.

• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5-10 year experience in relevant roles.
• 3D modeling experience, preferably Solidworks.

• FEA & CFD modeling experience, preferably Ansys Mechanical and Fluent.
• Product manufacturing experience.
• Proven industrial experience in the development of new products from concept phase through to successful NPI commercialization.

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