Design Engineer

Description:

Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field.

Prior industry experience.

Key Competencies:

Ability to effectively function in cross-functional teams, communicate and present information to team members, team leaders and top management.

Strong customer service and communication skills.

General knowledge of aerospace industry or similar industry products and legal and regulatory requirements related to manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities::-

Creates designs by analyzing product specifications, performance requirements, and existing manufacturing capabilities. Performs moderately complex design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of components, subsystems, and systems by applying engineering principles and established analytical tools. May develop detailed designs by using sketches and descriptive transfer functions provided by others.

Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, contractual specification requirements, cost defining recommendations, and change proposals.

Prepares or directs preparation of product layouts, detailed drawings, and assembly drawings by coordinating with designers or drafters, interpreting customer and functional requirements, and by using computer-aided design tools and following industry and drawing standards. Develops data and makes preliminary sketches, notes, and documentation in response to customer proposal requests.

Reviews drawings and assembly models to ensure clarity, completeness, form, fit, function and conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications. Identifies design errors, omissions and other deficiencies and recommends revisions and improvements to engineers or other designers.

Conducts analyses and/or tests pertaining to the development of new designs, methods, materials, or processes and completes required documentation by applying engineering principles and company standards, and generating reports, procedures or change proposals.

Coordinates, designs, and develops new or modifies existing product designs.

Design and develop testing plans to evaluate new and/or existing product designs.