Product Definition Engineer

We have an outstanding Contract to Hire position for a Product Definition Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Norwich, NY surrounding area.

Pay Rate: $40- $55 per hour

The Product Definition Engineer (PDE) will be responsible for developing unique, weight optimized, mechanical packaging solutions that meet customer requirements while considering aspects such as cost, reliability, manufacturing, and maintainability. The PDE will also be responsible for documenting designs utilizing the latest drafting standards.

Projects will predominantly be designing high speed permanent magnet alternators and temperature sensors.

Job Responsibilities:

The Principal Duties & Responsibilities will include the following:

• Overall ownership and accountability of product definition for assigned projects from launch through production.
• Perform detailed tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Develop complete drawing packages and lead drawing reviews.
• Prepare presentations and present at reviews.
• Have a thorough understanding of Engineering Drawing Practices ASME Y14.100.
• Have a thorough understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) ASME Y14.5-2009.
• Interpret and clarify customer technical expectations.
• Develop low-cost solutions and meet unit cost targets.
• Define and maintain technical compliance to customer requirements.
• Develop design concepts for technical proposals.
• Develop fixtures and tooling.
• Legacy product improvements and manufacturing support.
• Internal research & development.
• Resolution of field issues.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent (or High School Diploma or equivalent with at least 7 years of Design experience).
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in rotating machine design and development.
• Experience in Total Air Temperature (TAT), Exhaust Gas Temperature (EGT), Resistive Temperature Detector (RTD) and Thermocouple (TC) design, packaging principles, and analyses functions.
• Ability to influence and seamlessly work cross-functionally in a matrix organization.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Able to communicate with all levels of internal and external customer organizations, including upper management.

Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit http://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/ or https://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance