Kimball is looking to solve the problem of meeting customer requirements for new and existing products through effective engineering and design.
Requirements
- Understanding of sound engineering practices
- Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Value Engineering/Value Analysis (VE/VA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA)
- Understanding of Sustainability and relation to design
- Understanding of manufacturing and tooling processes
- Ability to perform root causes failure analysis
- Understanding for various prototyping techniques
- Understanding of BIFMA and UL standards
Responsibilities
- Responsible for design and engineering of products including material/manufacturing/tooling process selection, translation of market requirements to product specifications, CAD documentation, BOM structure, technical reviews, product testing and implementation.
- Works with team members to clearly define product concept design and identify product design and manufacturing process alternative.
- Responsible for packaging design for new and existing products
- Validate engineering by identifying and testing to appropriate Kimball and external standards.
- Lead prototyping activities to deliver viable samples
- Determine nature of technical problems and possible solutions, such as product redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangements of parts of subassemblies.
- Create product designs that optimize manufacturability
Other
- Honest and ethical
- Team Oriented
- Positive attitude
- Bachelor's degree in engineering curriculum or relevant work experience
- Ability to lift and move prototypes and samples
