Product Development Engineer - Couplings

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  As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward-thinking, open-minded, and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Located in ourRochester Hills, MIoffice, your role as aProduct Development Engineerwill involve these items below:

  
  
  
• Hydraulic hose fitting, Universal Quick Disconnect (UQD & UDQB), and hydraulic quick-disconnect-coupling design experience is highly sought after
• You'll be working with multiple, cross-functional departments within the global organization at Gates
• This is an exciting opportunity for you because you will be responsible for the design, development and performance testing of connectors used in hydraulic and fluid transfer applications
• Your objective/goals will be to create and analyze new or improved designs which you will control through the develop and revision of global standards
• Your fit in the organization will be part of a team of engineers responsible for fluid power connector development
• You will be supporting other global and regional departments: Hose Development, Materials Development, Applications Engineering, Global Product Line Management, Operations, Procurement, etc.
• This position is vital to Gates because you will be at the helm of a large and complex product line helping to guide its continued success
• Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices in a specific practice area.
• Works on multiple projects of moderate size or portions of major projects.
• Designs a complete project, system, component, or process.
• Prepares complete project documents.
• Designs and conducts experiments, and analyzes and interprets data.
• Independently evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.
• Formulates and solves problems.
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies
• Explains complex, difficult and/or sensitive information; works to build consensus

• Creating and analyzing new designs for improved manufacturability and cost optimization
• Organizing, planning and executing projects with a global team to fully implement optimization proposals
• Analysis using mathematical and empirical data, creation of execution schedules, and insuring there are appropriate business cases to support work
• Monitoring the manufacturing of prototypes and coordinate validation testing, including forensic analysis of samples
• Technical writing of global standards
• Responding to the needs of the commercial organization in order to support high value customer needs for our products
• Must be able to quickly learn to apply core engineering and six sigma skills such as problem solving, SPC data collection and analysis, FMEA, DOE, etc.
• Acquires general knowledge of principles and practices of related fields, and ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate the company in the market

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• Acts as a resource for other team members; may lead projects with limited risks and resource requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering required
• 5-7+ years of engineering experience preferred
• Experience using CAD software, PTC Creo preferred
• Hydraulic hose fitting, Universal Quick Disconnect (UQD & UDQB), and hydraulic quick-disconnect-coupling design experience
• Experience performing Finite Element Analysis using Marc a plus
• A hands-on approach to product development
• Travel: 10-20%
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship

PAY & BENEFITS

• Full-Time
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance and other voluntary benefit options: benefits beginonthe first day of the month immediately following your date of hire
• Eligible for 3 weeks of paid vacation + 11 holidays (9 scheduled & 2 floating) + 8 sick days. All vacation days are accrued
• 401(k): 3% company contribution and additional 3% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement