Sr. Project Engineer

Actalent - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

10,001+ employees

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr. Project Engineer will play a crucial role in engineering new products from concept to production, demonstrating a high level of ownership and accountability. This position requires hands-on involvement in creating CAD designs, performing tolerance analysis, and driving the engineering aspects of the product development process while collaborating cross-functionally with various teams to ensure product specifications are met.

Responsibilities

• Create CAD designs using SolidWorks, complete 3D models, and generate detailed 2D drawings of new products.
• Perform appropriate tolerance analysis to ensure success in high-volume manufacturing.
• Design for manufacturing and drive engineering aspects of the product development process such as prototyping, test plans, design validation, problem solving, tooling, and manufacturing process validation.
• Collaborate with Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Marketing, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to develop product specifications and ensure product meets aligned requirements.
• Execute multiple projects simultaneously to meet all committed deliverables and project deadlines.
• Participate in design reviews and brainstorming sessions cross-functionally.
• Collaborate with the Industrial Design team to optimize form, fit, function, while considering design for manufacturing, and meeting cost and schedule targets for the project.
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing engineers to incorporate design for manufacturing feedback and design for cost considerations.
• Manage formal engineering documentation release process for new designs and ECR's with the goal of clear, unambiguous communication of the design intent with suppliers.
• Review tool and part quotes, provide feedback and recommendations on supplier selection as needed.
• Develop comprehensive design qualification test plans and collaborate with Quality team on manufacturing in process quality control plans and quality audit plans.
• Support estimation of engineering time and effort requirements to achieve design changes and product line extensions.
• Manage engineering changes from request (ECR's) through design, testing, and implementation to ensure that effective changes are quickly and appropriately validated and implemented.
• Utilize PDM and PLM systems to manage CAD & other electronic files.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required for meetings with clients, stakeholders, vendors, or supporting engineering sample builds and new product mass production.

Requirements

• BSME degree required, MSME a plus.
• 7+ years of relevant mechanical system design and development experience.
• Strong injection molded plastics experience.
• Electro-mechanical design experience at a higher systems level, including overall product architecture and future-proofing design.
• Experience with NPD projects and sustaining activities.
• Proclivity for small form factor, elegant designs for high volume applications.
• Skilled in parametric design in 3D solid modeling and surfacing, preferably SolidWorks, with master modeling experience a plus.
• Extensive experience and understanding of current techniques for design and manufacture of plastic parts, metal forming, casting, and electro-mechanical packaging.
• Phase gate product development experience.
• Experience working with various manufacturing processes and Asian suppliers.
• Openness to travel to China as needed.

Nice-to-haves

• Project management experience a plus.
• Demonstrated emphasis on accomplishments and productivity to get things done.
• Operates with a sense of urgency and shows initiative.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Persuasive, encouraging, positive approach to collaboration, with strong interpersonal skills.
• High level of flexibility and ability to align quickly and move programs forward at calculated risk.
• Strong, concise written and oral communications with both internal and external customers and co-workers.