Product Designer

The Product Designer is responsible for providing robust concepts and production-ready designs, ensuring reliability and manufacturability. They will also develop and maintain accurate 3D CAD models and detailed drawings for components and assemblies.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust concepts and production-ready designs including advanced product geometry, process and material solutions that assure the greatest reliability, high volume manufacturability and cost effectiveness.
• Exercise working knowledge in design of small parts and assemblies using various materials and operations.
• Identify, resolve and document dimensional stack-ups, including detailed geometry, material, process and application influences, with appropriate use of engineering input, GD&T and statistical stacking.
• Develop and maintain accurate 3D CAD models and fully detailed drawings of highest quality for components and assemblies.
• Produce quality CAD model images and preliminary drawings for concept presentations.
• Redraw internal format CAD files into a Customer Specific CAD format.
• Prepare an Indented Bill of Material reference for the Engineer for new assemblies.
• Check and certify workmanship on major documents.
• Act as mentor to design & engineering staff as needed.
• Maintain and contribute to knowledge base documents and the Lessons Learned Log.
• Source and share knowledge among technical resources, peers, vendors and customers.
• Produce tool and fixture designs for prototype builds and testing, support the procurement, build and qualification of those tools and fixtures as needed, and support the product build process as required assuring delivery of adequate design quality.
• Meet the requirements of the Concept to Customer (C to C) System.
• Maintain compliance to current ASME/ISO standards, IATF 16949 and customer specific requirements as applicable.
• Support, promote, and perform in a manner consistent with High Performance teams, continuous improvement goals, and values of Bourns Automotive Division.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of Mechanical/Electrical Hardware Design experience, or an Associate degree with equivalent additional experience.
• Experience with Altium required.
• Familiarity with injection molding and assembly processes related to electronic component production preferred.
• Knowledge of high volume manufacturing practices.
• High level of problem solving experience.
• CATIA, IDEAS or ProEngineer experience or other CAD software required.
• Excellent communication skills to present information to all levels of employees and customers.
• Excellent written skills to issue instructions, present ideas, concepts, and solutions to all levels of personnel via letters, memos, presentations, graphs, charts, documents, etc.
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize multiple tasks and projects in alignment with dated objectives and goals.
• Ability to work in teams and independently.
• English 80%

Key Skills

• Experience with Altium
• Familiarity with injection molding and assembly processes related to electronic component production
• Knowledge of high volume manufacturing practices
• High level of problem solving experience
• CATIA, IDEAS or ProEngineer experience or other CAD software
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent written skills
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize multiple tasks and projects
• Ability to work in teams and independently
• English 80%