PD Engineer

Objective: Drive the development and successful launch of new products, processes, and engineering changes by transforming customer requirements into robust, manufacturable, and cost-effective solutions that are delivered on time, meet quality and customer expectations, and contribute to continuous improvement in products, processes, and manufacturing technologies; while creating measurable value for internal customers and organizational results through proactive communication, strong cross-functional collaboration, knowledge sharing, and effective teamwork.

 1. RFQ & Technical Feasibility: Evaluate customer drawings, specifications, tolerances, special characteristics and manufacturing requirements of forging & machining technologies.

2. Project Coordination & Customer Interface:  Act as the primary technical contact (internally & externally) for assigned projects. Coordinate with global cross-functional teams to execute new product development and engineering change projects.

3. Project Planning & Launch Management: Develop, manage and monitor weekly launch timing plans.

4. Product & Process Development: Ensure product & process development activities are completed within the agreed milestones & as per established procedures

5. Risk Management & Documentation:  Identify risks in timing, scope, cost & quality and implement corrective actions. Document & maintain analyses, studies, records, decisions, follow up actions according to company procedures, from concept phase until end of production. 

6. Manufacturing & series production support: Support analyses & optimization of process efficiency, quality, scrap rate & tool cost via SPL approach.

7. Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE): Coordinate internal & customer driven VAVE activities throughout the product lifecycle. Identify & validate design & process opportunities to reduce cost while maintaining product performance & quality.

8. Technology & Continuous Improvement: Collaborate, implement and develop new technologies and manufacturing processes for the optimization & launch of new product groups.