We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Product Design Engineer. This position is responsible for the design and development of tools and equipment for use in the installation of plastic piping systems.
As a hybrid role, this position offers flexibility while maintaining regular collaboration with production, operations and project teams.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the mechanical design of plastic piping system installation tools and equipment
- Perform Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for applicable tooling and equipment.
- Perform Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
- Perform rapid prototyping and be hands-on with product testing.
- Understand and utilize DFM (Design for Manufacturing) principles to help ensure product designs are optimized for manufacturing capabilities and efficiencies.
- Create detailed product drawings using Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Create product bills of material and routings.
- Create and maintain tools and equipment user instructions.
- Oversee the product life cycle management of existing products Oversee the ECO (Engineering Change Order) process for responsible products.
- Participate in feasibility studies and costing estimates for new products.
- Be the project manager or contributing member of applicable new product development projects.
- Provide timely engineering support to Production, Product Management, Sales, Customers as required.
- Work closely with Product Management to review the existing product portfolio to identify and implement cost reduction and performance enhancement opportunities.
- Work closely with Product Management and Sales to understand customer pains and then provide effective solutions to address.
- Ability to understand and create complex plans or diagrams (e.g., blueprints)
- Self-starter/Acts on own initiative making decisions after a thorough evaluation.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across departments.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Light travel (both domestically and internationally) should be expected.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related technical field required.5+ years of tool and/or equipment design.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience using SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software to develop product designs.
- Prior experience in piping system design and/or field experience with piping systems is desirable.
- Hydraulics experience is desirable.
- Electromechanical experience is desirable.
- Project management experience
- Hybrid Schedule with part time in office attendance.
- Eye/hand coordination for more than 50% of the time
- Visual strain for more than 50% of the time
- Listening, sitting, bending, standing, stooping, walking, observing, grasping, pushing, pulling, and keyboarding
Please submit your application via the ‘Apply’ button.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or a related technical field
- At least 5 years of tool and/or equipment design experience
- 5 to 7 years of experience using SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software for product design
- Ability to understand and create complex plans or diagrams, including blueprints
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across departments
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Project management experience
- Prior piping system design or field experience with piping systems
- Hydraulics experience
- Electromechanical experience
- Light domestic and international travel
What We Do
GF – with its three divisions GF Piping Systems, GF Casting Solutions, and GF Machining Solutions – offers products and solutions that enable the safe transport of liquids and gases, as well as lightweight casting components and high-precision manufacturing technologies. As a sustainability and innovation leader, GF strives to achieve profitable growth while offering superior value to its customers for more than 200 years. Founded in 1802, the Corporation is headquartered in Switzerland and present in 34 countries with 138 companies, 60 of which are production companies with 83 facilities. GF’s 15’207 employees worldwide generated sales of CHF 3’998 million in 2022.
