Job Description
Position Purpose:
Overall accountabilities include product design, development, and warranty investigation of foundation brake systems for class-8 vehicles.
Essential Functions:
- Travel to OEM, fleet and dealer customers to perform training, promote new products and evaluate field tests and field issues.
- Represent Hendrickson at industry organization meetings.
- Be direct technical contact for customers for business unit products
- Assist Engineering supervisor on specific product application initiatives regarding class-8 Wheel End, Brake, and Axle systems.
- Assist in laboratory and field evaluation of wheel end, brake, and axle products.
- Assist Engineering Supervisor in creation and continuous improvement of best practices for wheel end, brake, and axle systems
- Assist in creating necessary engineering documentation to support the SPPD process, including FMEAs, tolerance stack ups, DVP, etc., as needed.
- Create report/documentation to support warranty investigations with respect to wheel ends, brakes and axles.
- Support both internal and external customers through verbal and written means.
- Travel to manufacturing plants and vendors to support current product issues and product changes.
Education and Training
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering required; Mechanical, Agricultural, Aeronautical Engineering, or similar discipline a plus.
Minimum Qualifications
- 1-5 years' of experience in automotive, class-8 vehicle, heavy equipment or agricultural industry product design/application engineering.
- Preferred working knowledge of wheel-end, and/or brake systems, preferably in class 8 truck/trailer, will consider off highway, passenger car or aircraft braking industry experience.
- Knowledge of organic and semi-met brake lining manufacturing processes a plus.
- Knowledge of bearings and hubs a plus.
- Experience in design and drafting using 3D CAD software, Creo (or equivalent), Team Center experience required.
- Metallurgical background including experience with steel forgings and stampings including heat treating a plus.
- Demonstrated experience with test and evaluation methodology for foundation brakes and/or hubs a plus.
- Demonstrated experience with quality systems for industrial brake production and assembly a plus.
- Knowledge of precision machining processes including turning, boring, milling a plus.
Physical Demands
- Ability to move about inside office and plant designated area.
- Occasional need to crawl under commercial vehicles and interact with mechanical components.
- Occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Occasional Travel.
Environmental Conditions
- Frequently in an office setting.
- Occasional exposure to laboratory and manufacturing setting.
- Field investigations are typically performed outside the office and will be seasonal.
Behavioral Traits
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, ask questions for clarification, and take initiative