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Senior Fast Prototyping Engineer
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What they do
A Product Development Engineer develops new products for companies, and participates in all phases of product development including research, design, production and marketing. Uses research on customer demand and industry trends to develop product ideas; builds and tests product prototypes; evaluates production options and costs. May specialize in a particular type of product or in products for a specific industry.
$82,342 / year median in Pennsylvania
-3% projected decline
Job Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Develop strong technical knowledge in power electronic based circuit breaker design, testing, and applications.
- Engage with onsite machine shop and external vendors to rapidly procure various prototype parts & assemblies.
- Develop and maintain key relationships with internal and external vendors to optimize lead time and efficiency.
- Engage with Eaton's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence to innovate on part manufacturing processes.
- Engage with Eaton's onsite Industrial Design Team to develop brand-aligned prototype HMI systems and product displays.
- Develop and maintain parts incoming inspection procedure for prototype build.
- Rapidly & efficiently bring "Minimum Viable Product" prototypes to life through hands-on prototype building and validation.
- Utilize statistical quality tools to establish prototype performance baselines and identify focus areas for robustness improvement.
- Methodically document prototype assembly procedures and troubleshooting.
- Work with project team to generate and execute test programs and test protocols to determine if design criteria for system, software and hardware are met.
- Drive development of prototype assembly fixtures and tooling as needed.
- Assist in procurement of necessary lab equipment, tooling, etc.
- Understand and comply with site specific electrical test lab equipment and procedures, including health, safety and security aspects.
- Follow Prelaunch and PROLaunch phase-gate new product development processes.
- Create technical reports and presentation.
- Generate value added intellectual property.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Materials Science from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of three (3) years of engineering experience in R D prototyping.
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working in product industrialization or manufacturing operations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Plastics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Materials Science from an accredited institution.
- Experience working with cross-functional products that blend power electronic switching devices, mechanical hardware, embedded hardware and firmware.
- Experience with traditional and additive part manufacturing methods and techniques.
- General knowledge of industrial circuit breaker functionality and applications.
- Experience with new product development phase-gate processes and DFSS tools.
Professional:
- Self-motivated and goal oriented individual.
- Ability to learn new skills, knowledge, industry, or products
- Collaborative orientation, the ability to succeed in a highly team oriented, global, and diverse environment.
- Consistently acts in an ethical, open, honest, trustworthy and truthful manner
- Occasional domestic and international travel required.