Job Description

ROLE OBJECTIVE: Responsible for dynamics in electro-mechanical product design. He/she will interact with other team members: sales, marketing, manufacturing, and quality assurance to design and test new products and maintain existing products in a concurrent engineering environment. Completion of job responsibilities will be through both internal and external contacts and accomplished in a timely and ethical manner. Responsible for accurately capturing and submitting design changes required after an engineering-assisted production build. Provide mentorship to engineers.

GENERAL FUNCTIONS/SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1.  Develop an environment of continual improvement through the use of Lean tools. 
2.  Promote the Bird Family Values through your actions – Trust, Innovation, Teamwork, Achievement, and Accountability. 
3.  Be able to describe the quality policy and goals, your contribution to quality, and the effects of not observing quality and customer requirements. 
4.  Design of new product data including mechanical models and drawings, simulations as required, sketches, and bills of material that meet or exceed provided performance and cost criteria. 
5.  Contribute to product strategy development and portfolio planning. 
6.  Consistently demonstrates extremely high levels of technical knowledge, ingenuity, and creativity. 
7. Translate conceptual designs into a fully detailed CAD representation. 
8. Train people outside his/her work group. 
9. Give presentations to critical/high-level customers and effectively represent the team in design reviews and cross-organizational teams. 
10. Establish clear communication between Engineering groups and NPI members to establish an integrated, coherent product and project execution. 
11. Ensure that the system satisfies the customer’s requirements with the least economic impact on the company. Direct the team in instances of underdesign, scope creep, and overdesign. 
12. Act as a mentor to other engineers to help improve and develop their engineering skills. 
13. Widely recognized as a technical expert within the professional community. 
14. Technical assistance to sales, customer service, and customers as required. 
15. Technical support and sustaining engineering for manufacturing operations. 
16. Technical support to purchasing for vendor or parts selection. 
17. Administrative support to the Engineering Manager for project data maintenance. 
18. Other responsibilities as determined by the Team Lead/Manager.

REQUIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/COMPETENCIES (Applicant must meet all to be considered): 

1.  Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering DocuSign Envelope ID: 7218342B-BFA6-40F8-9578-A5E47F714D92 
2. 15 years plus experience in mechanical engineering 
3.  Advanced understanding of modern 3D CAD and data management tools (i.e. Solid Edge, ERP, Design Manager, and PCBA import) 
4.  Advanced understanding of detailed drafting techniques (i.e. tolerances, surface finish, GD&T, BOM’s and revision control) 
5. Advanced understanding of mechanical design techniques (i.e. electronic assemblies, sheet metal fabrication, machined parts, injection molded parts, tolerance stack up and design for manufacturability). 
6. Advanced understanding of simulation tools for thermal dynamics, fluid dynamics, and stress/strain analysis of assemblies. (i.e. FEA, and Simscale). 
7. Broad knowledge about the design and operation of systems outside of specialty. 

DESIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/COMPETENCIES (Applicants may be considered even if they do not possess any or all of these): 

Ability to operate test equipment related to job.  Able to use phone; communicate using speech; hearing and vision skills; sit or stand for moderate periods. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.