Design Engineer 1 ajc

Design Engineer 1 ajc

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* Engineer, develop, and prove out product concepts and designs.

* Design and analyze hydraulic circuits and circuit components for customer applications.

* Modify, update, or change existing product and component drawings, test procedures, and assembly instructions.

* Communicate design and development work to other departments via Engineering Change Orders, New Product Releases, Special Project Authorizations, etc.

* Setup and operate product testing in a laboratory environment. Validate results with mathematical analysis.

* Review, recommend, direct, and/or create product designs, modifications, and cost estimates and analyze technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and assess the feasibility of products and project scope.

* Coordinate and direct projects, making detailed plans to accomplish goals and directing the integration of technical activities to meet objectives.

* Consult with customers after the sales department has established initial contact, to discuss all product issues related to form, fit, and function.

* Set scientific and technical goals within broad outlines provided by top management.

* Work on, investigate, and report or serve as a resource on projects requiring advanced knowledge of a particular field of specialization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and/or Experience

* Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

* 1 to 3 years of

o Design responsibility for the development and oversight of products

o Hydraulic circuit design

o Valve, pump, or motor design

* Active participation in a hydraulics or SAE society during undergraduate program is highly desired.

Language Skills

* Read, analyze, and interpret engineering designs, drawings, test results and studies, and all other related information pertaining to materials, treatments, processing, and manufacturing.

* Respond to inquiries or complaints from customers.

* Write reports and business correspondence.

* Effectively present information to management and customers.

Mathematical Skills

* Calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume

* Apply concepts of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, and other engineering computations dealing with finite element analysis, and material fatigue.

* Explain mathematical calculations and their relationship to product form, fit, function, limits, and life expectancy.

Reasoning Ability

* Define problems, collect and research data, establish facts, use intuition and experience to complement data, and draw valid conclusions.

* Interpret an extensive variety of technical, complex, and/or diverse information in mathematical form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

* Occasionally required to reach above shoulders, climb, kneel, or crouch.

* Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and capability to occasionally lift and/or to move up to 25 pounds.

* Using hand tools, assemble and disassemble test-stand set-ups, products, and their installation and come into close contact with various operating fluids required for the test, function, and performance evaluation of products.

Other Qualifications

* Operate a variety of office equipment such as a personal computer, calculator, telephone, fax machine,

* Operate hoists, cranes, lab and production test stand equipment along with associated devices used for monitoring and measuring all size and performance aspects of a product under development, test or production.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Dynex offers competitive pay and an excellent benefit package, including:

* Comprehensive medical plan with employer contribution Health Savings Account

* Dental and vision plans

* 401(k) retirement plan with generous company contributions

* Employer-paid:

o Group term life insurance

o Accidental death and dismemberment

o Short-term disability

o Training opportunities

* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

* Long-term disability

* Voluntary life insurance options

* Paid Time Off (PTO)

* Up to 13 paid Holiday days, includes building shut down the week of 4th of July.

* Tuition Reimbursement Program