General Description
Responsible for the development of plastic and composite material mobility products, tire protection devices, fuel tank protection systems and related products for security, military, and civilian applications by applying design and analysis skills. Ability to communicate effectively and enjoy interacting with others. Manage all aspects of project development from concept design, costing through delivery to the customer. Create and maintain strategic partnerships with customers, suppliers, and industry contacts. Create and maintain detailed project documentation and support revisions as required throughout the product development lifecycle. Reports to the Buffalo Engineering Manager and shares reporting with the market segment engineering manager who may be either in Trenton or Buffalo.

Specific Duties

• Define customer technical requirements and understand potential competition.
• Conceptualize new projects and make concept proposals based on current product catalog and available materials.
• Support sales and marketing in technical expertise: technical feasibility and general product engineering application issues.
• Build and develop strategic partnerships with key customers, component suppliers, testing, and industry contacts.
• Manage all aspects of new product development including creating models, detailed drawings, APQP project documentation, and schedule while adhering to Hutchinson’s engineering standards and procedures.
• Apply CAD and FEA tools to engineer solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and provide regular and accurate project status.
• Work with Engineers and other personnel to resolve current issues or implement new design concepts or manufacturing processes.
• Provide training or instruction when introducing a new design or process.
• Prepare technical reports to be used by Engineering, Management, or Sales personnel.
• Follow all applicable environmental, health and safety rules and procedures and immediately report all dangerous situations, near-misses, and injuries.
• Participate in developing and updating risk assessments and review all applicable risk assessments annually.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) or higher.
• Experience with solid modeling and structural FEA.
• Must be well organized.
• Strong communication skills.
• Some travel may be required.
• Ability to effectively interface with other departments.
• Capable of using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of mechanical properties of materials, including stress and strain analysis.
• Knowledge of manufacturing methods including plastics molding and CNC machining.
• Knowledge of fatigue failure analysis, testing, predictive design, and correlating theoretical simulation to actual test results.
• Knowledge of vehicle design and customer or industry standards (SAE, ASME, T&RA, and/or ETRTO) is beneficial.
• Experience with data acquisition modules, acceleration sensors, and ultrasonic stress measurement is beneficial.
• Second language (i.e., German, French) is beneficial.
• Military experience/background/knowledge is beneficial.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, lift and/or move light weight items. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, for viewing a computer terminal distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception vision for moving objects and ability to adjust focus.
• This position is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
• The ability to work with chemicals in the proper environment and while wearing PPE.

Personal Protective Equipment
The following list of PPE is required while in the manufacturing area:

• Safety Glasses conforming to ANSI Z87.1 or higher
• Steel Toe Safety Shoes conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910
• Hearing protection conforming to OSHA General Industry Standards 29 CFR 1910
• Additional PPE may be required depending on the department

Hutchinson Industries, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

This is an exempt position. Hutchinson Industries, Inc. reserves the right to modify the job description based upon its needs and may
require the employee to perform functions beyond those mentioned above. Neither this job description nor any other communication creates an employment contract between Hutchinson Industries, Inc. nor the employee, and either one may terminate employment without notice at any time.