New Product Development Engineer Job Description
New product development engineer
provides technical support to cross-functional design teams and engineering functions (Electrical, Mechanical, Optics, Verification, Software, Reliability, and Systems).
New Product Development Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Execute appropriate packaging testing, as required (ship testing, compatibility, chemical resistance)
Work with design engineers to define requirements of subsystems (HW, SW, Mechanical, ) and interface components
Design the core ecommerce trading architecture and lead the central team in the implementation
Determines the technical feasibility of product improvement concepts
Contributes sound professional advice and creative ideas, concepts, and approaches to new product design and development projects
Create source documents such as cost investigation, package profile (preliminary specifications), tooling/part qualification PERT (if applicable) and final package components specifications
Lead new product introduction projects including but not limited to creation of new display case designs, determination of validation/testing plan, analysis of lab test data and leading design reviews
Display Case design will focus on heat transfer/thermal analysis of the equipment
Ensure any new designs meet 3rd party and federal regulations - Department of Energy, NSF and UL
Design products for manufacturability and assembly
New Product Development Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for New Product Development Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASQ, CQE, B.S, UL, CPIM, TDG, WHIMIS, H2S, PE, DMAIIC
Education for New Product Development Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the new product development engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Science, Technical, Industrial Engineering, Education, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science
Skills for New Product Development Engineer
Desired skills for new product development engineer include:
Mechanical
Materials engineering
Experimental design and ability to apply statistics to drive data based decision making
Experience using design for six sigma principles
Chemical
AutoDesk® Inventor family of products
CAD
Electrical control systems and fiber optics strongly desirable
Manufacturing processes
Shooting sports industry
Desired experience for new product development engineer includes:
OCandidatemust have experience with client facing trading technology
OCandidates must have prior experience defining technologyblueprint for a complex technology platform
OMin5 years experience as an Architect or senior delivery leadership role
OStrongunderstanding and experience with enterprise-class information security andcompliance concerns
OExperiencewith RDBMS/SQL and NoSQL platforms, working with large-scale databases or BigData frameworks and tools such as Hadoop, Pig, Hive, Cassandra, MongoDB andothers
OStrongwork ethic, self-starter who is creative with a ‘can-do’ attitude
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New Product Development Engineer Job Description
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Our growing company is looking for a new product development engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for new product development engineer
- The Lead Engineer would collaboratively interface/influence manufacturing associates on a frequent basis to provide technical guidance on issues that affect DFMA, manufacturing capability and rate of the NEW products in the pipeline
- Evaluating current commercial material sets and new prototypes, driving alternatives exploration, and recommending lead material set for further development/commercialization
- Ability to systematically manage multiple projects from initiation through closing phases
- Receive requests for new products from sales, product management in the form of drawings and evaluate them for manufacturing feasibility
- The Staff Engineer would collaboratively interface/influence manufacturing associates on a frequent basis to provide technical guidance on issues that affect DFMA, manufacturing capability and rate of the NEW products in the pipeline
- Minimum 5 years related professional engineering experience
- Knowledge of DFSS methods and process a plus
- This position is involved with New Product Development/R&D
- Participate in CAPA meetings to ensure adherence to requirements and closure of CAPAs
- Assist process owners to determine root cause analysis and to create CAPA action plans
Qualifications for new product development engineer
- OAbility to execute flawlessly and handle multiple projectssimultaneously and independently, while maintaining a high degree ofcommunication and escalation at appropriate junctures
- OTeam player comfortable working in a fast-pacedconsulting-style, unstructured environment
- OExcellent quantitative and analytical problemsolving skills –
- OStrong written and verbal communication
- OAble to work with all levels of management intechnology and business able to shape messaging to audience
- OProfessional maturity, personal integrity, andexcellent interpersonal skills
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of new product development engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for new product development engineer
- Participate in new product status meetings – review project plans and give input related to QA activities, milestones and timetables
- Participate in design reviews to ensure adherence to design control requirements – review drawings for adherence to design inputs
- Review ECO’s to assure that the changes do not violate design controls or affect such things as mating parts or tolerance stack-ups
- Review and approve product labeling
- Conduct interviews, summarize observations, conduct closing meeting with Department Supervisors, enter non-compliances into the CAPA system and trend software, and follow-up with process owners until CAPA is closed
- Be responsible for leading the development of System and Subsystem Level Product Technical Specifications based on Product Requirements, FMEA's, risk assessments, and other input documents and ensure conformity to those specifications
- Ensure all design or process changes do not violate Product Technical Specifications or reduce the outgoing quality of products
- Work with subsystem design engineers to drive alignment between subsystem plans and Product Requirements
- Identify and control interfaces to internal components
- Map subsystem elements and interfaces to requirements, and ensure bidirectional traceability
Qualifications for new product development engineer
- OOpen to influence and quickly react to feedback toensure maximum impact
- A minimum of a six-month co-op or internship preferred, but not necessary
- The ability to read, write, and speak Thai, Chinese, or Spanish is a strong plus
- Intermediate knowledge in Statistics, Sampling Planning, Risk Assessment and Process Validation is required
- Knowledge and experience in aseptic processing, CIP/SIP systems, and environmental monitoring is a plus
- Strategic thinking with ability to execute on specific deliverables such as product design verifications/validation, failure analysis
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a new product development engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for new product development engineer
- Develop and ensure adherence to schedules and technical milestones for engineering project activities
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams during all phases of the toll-gate NPD Process
- Drive the standardization of components across product lines and global manufacturing locations by working with subsystem design engineers as plans are developed
- Drive the development and standardization of engineering test plans and technical evaluations that include performance, reliability, regulatory, end of line testing, , used to validate new or existing system performance utilizing design for reliability tools and performance sensitivity analysis
- Ensure product design integrity by verifying that design or process changes do not violate Product Technical Specifications or reduce the quality of products per the NPD tollgate process
- Work with Project Management to ensure product and project cost targets are met per the NPD tollgate process
- Work with Project Management to ensure the technical project execution / technical delivery conforms to the NPD tollgate process
- Define & establish reliability engineering processes
- Communicate and ensure project plans, capabilities, limitations, risks, and opportunities are understood and aligned with cross functional teams such as manufacturing, service, quality, by leading cross functional design reviews
- Responsible for delivering product quality performance as defined in the NPD tollgate process
Qualifications for new product development engineer
- Ability to Support new product development activities including conceptualization and design controls (design verification, validation, process validation )
- Have good understanding of six sigma and statistical principles, root cause analysis, DOE
- Minimum 2 years of experience in quality engineering in a regulated environment
- Working knowledge of risk analysis methodologies, GD&T, PPAP, SPC, Root Cause Analysis, and Statistics
- Working knowledge of FDA QSRs, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 standards
- Proficiency with Mini-tab or similar statistical analysis program
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Our growing company is hiring for a new product development engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for new product development engineer
- Mechanical Engineers with experience in injection molded part design is preferred
- Preparation and submission of PPAP documentation
- Develop and execute project quality plans
- Use past problem history and warranty data to improve new product quality & reliability
- Ensure proper use of Design Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (DFMEA) in the development process
- Use program management tools to ensure the quality & reliability activities meet project timing requirements
- Communicate project status and technical findings to senior management
- Work with and visit manufacturing sites to ensure successful execution of product designs and quality test plans
- These products will operate under pressure, temperature, and flow-rate extremes
- These products are expected to continue the legacy of Fisher’s reliability in service
Qualifications for new product development engineer
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or other relevant ASQ certification preferred
- Six Sigma and/or Lean certifications preferred
- HETAC Level 8 degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) discipline aiming for a minimum of 2.1 Completed by June 2017
- Excellent Ability to Problem Solve, Plan and Demonstrates initiative
- Excellent communication skills, proven teamwork abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build strong internal and external relationships and ability to work in project teams
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of new product development engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for new product development engineer
- The New Product Development Supply Engineer will support the area of New Product Development working cross functionally with the Research and Development (R&D) Engineering teams and Global Category teams to identify the supply requirements and then develop and implement the supply strategy to support assigned new product introduction programs
- Partner with Downstream Marketing, Sales and key external stakeholders to identify unmet clinical/surgical needs
- Work as part of the Advanced Development team in support of system and product development in transmission applications
- Support design and validation activities
- Develop an understanding of form, fit, and function of components and assemblies to ensure products meet or exceed customer requirements
- Plan and conduct design/development engineering assignments generally involving projects of major magnitude and scope
- Estimates human resource needs and schedules work to meet completion dates and technical specifications
- Coordinate and direct engineers, designers and technicians assigned to projects
- Ensure new RTP products are developed quickly and in a cost effective manner that fully meets customer requirements, and develop appropriate specifications for new and existing products where required
- Support supply chain/procurement team to ensure appropriate raw materials are available for RTP products
Qualifications for new product development engineer
- Experience with Six Sigma/Process Excellence training, tools and/or certification is preferred
- Demonstrates comprehensive experience in product design and development
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of Engineering principles and its application in solving complex problems
- Demonstrates comprehensive working knowledge of the design control process completing FMEA and Risk analysis
- Uses advanced analysis tools and methods to solve complex technical problems
- Working with cross-functional team, establishes customer needs, translates needs into product requirements and verifies design output meets design input