Job Code - EC1110
Project Engineer – Santa Rosa, CA - connectors
• Develops and validates advanced competitive, engineered interconnect solutions that satisfy specific customer needs and/or meet the requirements of defined market-driven products. Projects typically include designing connectors employing electrical, fiber optic and pneumatic contacts plus associated cable and harness assemblies, box builds, integration & testing of electronics in the interconnect solution.
• Technical product design lead on project teams responsible for new product design related tasks including conceptual models, CAD modeling, BOM’s, Technical Assumptions Requirements, DFMEA, Risk
• Assessment, GD&T, Tolerance Analysis, stress & thermal FEA analysis, proof of concept, prototypes, assembly, test, and meeting cost targets.
• Develops products from Investigation to Production Release following a Phased Gate process
• Constructs and evaluates complex prototypes, including any required testing and analysis, in support of design verification and product validation to achieve performance requirements
• Provides technical support of new product designs working with external supply chain partners.
• Provides guidance to assembly teams on new designs and processes for custom connectors, up to and including specialized tooling.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (BSME preferred)
• Five (5) to ten (10) years’ relevant experience; preferred experience with small, precision-manufactured electro-mechanical products and electrical or fiber optic connectors
• Demonstrable success as a technical project leader
• Ability to apply mechanical engineering principles to create new product concepts, modifications to existing mechanical and electro-mechanical components or systems
• Ability to initiate comprehensive and effective troubleshooting and problem analysis to root cause.
• Ability to lead failure analysis and corrective action activities.
• Familiarity with quality concepts / tools including but not limited to: Design / Process Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA), ISO 14971 Risk Management, Design for Manufacture (DFM), Statistical Process Control (SPC), IQOQPQ and 5S desired.
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