Product Engineer

Description

About Zero-Max

For over 77 years, Zero-Max has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality motion control and power transmission components used in machines across numerous industries around the world. Since our beginning, Zero-Max has earned a reputation for delivering high-quality, customizable, premium products that improve our customers’ results.

We hire highly motivated and talented people who are committed to being responsive to our customers’ needs, holding themselves accountable to our customers and each other, and conducting business with honesty and integrity.

Our Core Values

1. Provide best-in-class service and solutions
2. Hold ourselves accountable
3. Do the right thing

Located on scenic grounds in Plymouth, MN, Zero-Max offers a newly remodeled, clean, and climate-controlled production facility and office environment. We are proud of the longevity and dedication of our employees and are committed to providing a positive work environment along with a competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

• Robust health and wellness benefits
• 401k match: 100% payroll match up to 6% with 4% quarterly profit sharing
• Healthy work/life balance
• Company-wide bonus program
• Generous time off
• Clean, safe, climate controlled, low noise shop environment
• Continuous improvement culture

Zero-Max is currently recruiting for a Product Engineer responsible for coordinating activities to design, manufacture, process and test components, products, and systems. This includes developing new products and modifying pre-engineered products for customer applications. You will provide technical support to Sales and Marketing, Production, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality Control. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

New Product Development

• Contribute to the development of new products, bring own perspective to conceptualization, create drawings with parts lists and methods of manufacturing
• Conduct peer reviews of engineering designs, drawings and other engineering documentation needed for manufacturing against customer orders for prototypes
• Perform design optimization studies, motion studies and other PC-based simulations 
• Product performance test plans, develop test setups, participate in testing of prototypes 
• Collaborate with Quality, Production and Tooling at product launch and throughout the entire product lifecycle  

Pre-Engineered Products and Specials

• Analyze engineering specifications, performance requirements, and related data and drawings to determine feasibility of application, product selection, and design scope
• Create preliminary designs, estimate manufacturing costs, request pricing for purchased components
• Confirm production costs and details design, contribute to testing of special products 
• Check the quality of own designs, perform peer design reviews
• Provide after sale support with troubleshooting and with evaluation of returned product

Engineering Documentation 

• Create and maintain engineering data with item masters and with fabrication methods
• Update engineering drawings, specifications, item masters and manufacturing methods upon customer’s feedback and requests, to address issues or to reduce production costs
• Document engineering changes, selects a correct Engineering Change Management approach and coordinates change routings by using the Engineering Change Order  
• Identify component features Critical to Quality and collaborate with Quality in the development of Inspection Plans and the dispositioning on non-conform parts 
• Create and maintain engineering specifications and assembly instructions
• Create and present conclusions from design, analyses of data and test reports 

Requirements

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical degree with a minimum of 5 years of engineering and design related experience; or a combination of relevant education and experience

Requirements

• Experience with 3D modeling software 
• Experience with Statics & Strength of Materials
• Practical experience with Geometric Dimension &Tolerance
• Experience with the Microsoft Office is a must
• Ability to efficiently communicate information

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience designing, tolerancing, and specifying surface finishes for machined components
• Project Management Skills
• Experience with Solidworks CAD/PDM/SIM  
• Experience with process capability studies (Cpk), statistics, and data analysis
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear  
• Pull, push, carry, lift, or move items up to 10 lbs. (occasionally 25 lbs) throughout the work shift without assistance, as required by job duties
• Occasionally pull, push, carry, lift or move up to 50lbs
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office or shop setting

Zero-Max is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. – M/F/Veteran/Disability