Mechanical Engineer II

Participate as part of an engineering team, applying sound engineering principles to develop, customize and/or sustain TDW products and services solutions for customer applications.  This role provides a detailed focus on material of construction for all product lines across the global engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Works with the team in US locations having some overlap with US central time zone work schedule.
• Develops new or customized product designs and improves existing technology under the direction of Technical Leads and Product Engineers.
• Prepares sketches, layouts, 3D models, 2D drawings to support the design of new products, improvements to existing products, or unique products to special customer requirements following company standards.
• Assists in verifying and/or applying customer/input requirements to engineering / design activity/output.
• Assists in the creation of product documents (e.g., build and/or operating/maintenance manuals).
• Produces technical deliverables such as reports and presentations for the Supervisor, Technical Leads and Product/Project Engineers.
• Produces technical deliverables (e.g., material specifications, test reports, analysis reports, etc.) for manufacturing, other Technical Leads, Product Engineers, and other necessary parties.
• Works with Manufacturers and Technicians to identify production and assembly problems and provide corrective actions.
• Communicates schedule, progress, and status to the Supervisor, Project Engineer or other Constituency.
• Oversees validation processes for new or custom products, as needed.
• Gains a working knowledge of all aspects of company technologies.
• Initiates and/or Facilitates engineering change processes.
• Documents and validates improvements for engineering change or production release, as needed.
• Assist with research and development activities including new material approval and process design.
• Perform product lifetime expectancy calculations, material selection and review of technical documents and data sheets.
• Perform fitness for service assessments against a range of degradation mechanisms
• Test specimens against relative accepted test standards, in order to understand material properties.
• Recommends changes in material, coating or heat treatment to optimize material properties.
• Partner with suppliers to qualify material systems and ensure process control is in line with industry standards.
• Engage partners outside company such as material suppliers, component fabricators, equipment manufacturers, engineering and design firms, and service contractors to deploy solutions into product design
• Collaborate with Quality Engineers to improve product integrity by analyzing material properties of finished goods.
• Create standards, methods, processes and procedures for reviewing, evaluating and inspecting material properties and quality performance.
• Gate-keeping on available/applied metallic/non-metallic materials of construction and degradation mechanisms for the global engineering solutions business.
• Performs other functions as specified by the manager.

Experience

Knowledge, skills & abilities required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3-8 years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience with 3D CAD software (SolidWorks).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and creative with a strong desire to successfully complete assignments and projects.
• Skills in Tolerance analysis, GD&T, FMEA, manufacturing processes, problem solving tools, and machine design principles.
• Experience with a PLM system and engineering change processes (Teamcenter or SolidWorks PDM preferred).
• Familiarity with FEA software (ANSYS preferred).
• Understanding of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., DFM/A, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.).