ILUS - Product Development Engineer
Location: Grand Rapids, MI, US, Hobart, IN, US
Employment Type: OTHER
Overview
Under direction, develops new products, models, and mechanisms for conveyor systems and applications. Works on typically small-scale, less complex projects with support from more senior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Participates in conceiving, designing, developing, engineering, prototyping, testing, and revising typically small-scale, less complex, new fabricated products for conveyor systems and applications
- Supports the process for engineering calculations to ensure a robust design, including horsepower, stress, torque, deflection, torsion, overhung load, sortation rate, cycle rate, air consumption, and amperage draw
- Participates in working with other teams to troubleshoot and resolve development and design issues
- Ensures that new products are safe, reliable, and easy to maintain
- Recommends appropriate and cost-effective purchased products
- Helps to analyze data to identify trends in usage, cost, performance, and reliability
- Participates in developing and executing test plans for concepts and prototypes to establish operational parameters
- Uses modeling and simulation tools to prove or disprove designs
- Partners with the Design team, Manufacturing, Quality Control, Purchasing and Administration
- Travels up to 20%
Qualifications
Education and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Product Development or equivalent experience
- Minimum of internship or 1 year of experience in the material handling industry preferred
- Introductory experience in conveyor systems with carton handling or pallet handling
- Introductory experience with Motor Drive Roller (MDR), Sortation Technologies, installation, project management, electrical, or Solidworks Enterprise PDM administration highly desirable
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements
- Knowledge of design and development of conveyor-related products
- Experience with AutoCAD, Solidworks, Solidworks Enterprise PDM, Microsoft Office and simulation modules
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced results-oriented environment
- Organizational skills to meet project plans and deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Strategic and creative thinking and problem-solving skills
- Team-oriented and collaborative
- Ability to learn new skills and technologies
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