Job Description

Essential Functions: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Regularly communicate with customers to determine or clarify product requirements.
• Responsible for design, development and execution of new products.
• Support continuous improvement in design and development.
• Actively support a defined strategy and philosophy that ensures the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction while continually striving for cost reductions.
• Promote a data driven decision making culture.
• Coordinate with internal functional groups to ensure design integrity and manufacturability.
• Accurately complete new product design & development input requirements and all related documents; communicate to appropriate groups the status of all projects.
• Troubleshoot product nonconformities and customer concerns to prevent recurrence.
• Actively works with supply chain partners regarding material and part selection decisions, collaborative design work, and design solution development.
• Provides effective technical support for external and internal customers.
• Researches relevant industry trends and design and development methods for possible incorporation into PEM’s best practices.
• Actively supports a customer oriented problem solving culture that leverages traditional expertise in gearing and gearbox design while also embracing new challenges (e.g., motors, couplings, mounting fixtures, motors, innovative customized product testing, instrumentation).
• Actively supports sales with qualifying leads, developing new opportunities, assigning engineering projects, and other activities.
• Supports development of technical sales and marketing material using a variety of platforms, e.g., presentations, web content, and key points of interest for onsite tours.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering -Or-
• An Associate’s with 2+ years of experience in a highly technical field with strong mechanical aptitude. 5+ years relevant experience in mechanical engineering design preferred. Equivalent combination of aptitude, background, and experience may be considered.

Computer/System Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of
• Solidworks, AutoCAD, or similar CAD system.
• The ability to learn PEM internal systems (e.g., Made2Manage ERP).
• The ability to develop an understanding of ISO 9001:2015 requirements as they apply to PEM in general and Engineering in particular. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Microsoft Outlook/email.
• Microsoft Excel