Fort Wayne Metals is looking for a Product Development Technician to provide technical support for the development, refinement, and execution of new products and processes, ensuring they meet internal/customer specified requirements.
Requirements
- Requires college coursework towards technical or engineering curriculum or equivalent demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support through the development, refinement, and job execution of new products and processes.
- Plan, manufacture and test prototypes to meet internal/customer specified requirements.
- Responsible for the innovation and validation of new products and processes while complying with the product realization requirements of Fort Wayne Metals (FWM) Quality Systems and accreditations.
- Develop and execute product development protocols and reports including testing needs and full functional characterization of products.
- Document and compile reports to capture the development activities for new products/processes.
- Coordinate the transfer of new products to production, providing appropriate documents, such as training to Process Engineers, Process Technicians, or Operators, as needed.
- Review and provide feedback to FWM Customer Service Associates (CSAs) and Product Managers regarding customer specifications.
Other
- Must be able to work with minimal supervision and be capable of self-checking for completeness and accuracy of work produced.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Project management and execution.
- Detail oriented.
- Critical thinking.
- Problem solving ability.
- Mechanical aptitude.
- Fast paced production environment.
- Exposure to WDO and WDO 10 LV (oils), hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfuric acid solution (50% acid/50% water) Steris (industrial soap), and time spent working around machinery.
- Travel between facilities required. Travel approximately 5% of the time.
- Must be able to access all areas of operation, including second floors.
- Occasional lifting up to 30 lbs.
- Pulling, pushing, squatting intermittently, and standing for long periods of time; sitting at a computer for an extended time, on occasion.
- This job position may require access to controlled technology or technical data; applicant must be a candidate for export licensing and willing to participate in export licensing, if required.
