Development Engineer - Drive

Development Engineer - Drive

Conceptualize and design new products, test product designs, draft specifications for manufacturing and assuring compliance to industry and regulatory requirements while taking into account cost, product life cycle, reliability, delivery schedules and customer requirements. Successful performance will be determined by meeting company strategic program/product objectives as measured by Total Life Cycle Costs and product placement. Design and develop innovative & cost-effective new products and/or platforms that support the Business Units goals and objectives. Incorporate new technology and innovative ideas into Char-Broil products. Uphold the values of the W.C. Bradley Co. as defined by the Value Creation Model. Develop consumer & product requirements from available insights and project objectives. Develop preliminary concept CAD models to support marketing/sales presentations and for preliminary product costing. Develop 3D CAD models, drawings and engineering Bill of Materials that meet consumer requirements, project objectives & timeline goals. Perform tolerance analysis and basic calculations where needed to support the system design. Work with the Industrial Design and Advanced Development groups to convert new product concepts into finished products that meet third party certification standards and marketing requirements. Develop product prototypes using both internal and external resources to perform both design validation and certification testing. Provide design direction to contracted engineering resources as assigned. Reduce both product and warranty cost through improved product design. Provide engineering documentation as required to the Char-Broil Asian group to facilitate product tooling release and manufacturing startup. Obtain third party certification for new or updated products to the appropriate standards as assigned. Analyze existing products to identify areas of improvement (performance, cost & quality) and update current documentation. Conduct engineering pilot runs, and support production pilot runs for new products. Other duties as deemed necessary.

Must have at least a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or its equivalent and 36 months of design experience in consumer goods or related industry. Job Location: Columbus, GA

40.0 hrs./wk                8:00 AM – 6:00 PM                $84,677/Yr.

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