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Kimball International · 6 hours ago

Product Engineer - Kimball International, Jasper, IN

Jasper, IN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Kimball International is a company focused on engineering innovative products. The Product Engineer will be responsible for the design and engineering of both new and existing products, collaborating with various teams to meet customer specifications and ensure product quality.

Building MaterialFurnitureInterior DesignManufacturing

Responsibilities

Responsible for design and engineering of products including material/manufacturing/tooling process selection, translation of market requirements to product specifications, CAD documentation, BOM structure, technical reviews, product testing and implementation

Works with team members to "clearly" define product concept design and identify product design and manufacturing process alternative

Responsible for packaging design for new and existing products

Validate engineering by identifying and testing to appropriate Kimball and external standards

Lead prototyping activities to deliver viable samples

Determine nature of technical problems and possible solutions, such as product redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangements of parts of subassemblies

Create product designs that optimize manufacturability

Develop design solutions utilizing existing platforms

Create quality and material standards based off platformed products

Provide product and tooling options and costs

Responsible for EC analysis and implementation

Ensure as manufactured product meets all design and performance intent (ex quality, fit form and function)

Ownership of assignment from conception to commercialization

Perform complex design investigation, engineering analyses, and feasibility studies for new components or products using customer-supplied data, past experience and engineering principles

Optimize product design vs. cost by challenging manufacturing, make us. Buy, and product costing strategies

Create new or optimized product platforms across multiple mfg units and products series to reduce complexity

Create new quality and material standards

Revise and creates engineering standards

Support our Vision and Guiding Principles

Adhere to company safety guideline

Qualification

Sound engineering practicesManufacturing processesFMEADFM/DFASolid modeling3D experienceFurniture industryPerform root cause analysisQuality FundamentalsVarious materialsCommunication skillsTeam orientedCreative thinkingOrganizational skillsTime management skills

Required

Responsible for engineering of both new and existing products to meet the requirements of our customers

Work directly with Industrial Designers, Packaging Engineers, Process Engineers and shop floor to design and engineer products to meet all required specifications

Works with team members to 'clearly' define product concept design and identify product design and manufacturing process alternative

Responsible for packaging design for new and existing products

Validate engineering by identifying and testing to appropriate Kimball and external standards

Lead prototyping activities to deliver viable samples

Determine nature of technical problems and possible solutions, such as product redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangements of parts of subassemblies

Create product designs that optimize manufacturability

Develop design solutions utilizing existing platforms

Create quality and material standards based off platformed products

Provide product and tooling options and costs

Responsible for EC analysis and implementation

Ensure as manufactured product meets all design and performance intent (ex quality, fit form and function)

Ownership of assignment from conception to commercialization

Perform complex design investigation, engineering analyses, and feasibility studies for new components or products using customer-supplied data, past experience and engineering principles

Optimize product design vs. cost by challenging manufacturing, make us. Buy, and product costing strategies

Create new or optimized product platforms across multiple mfg units and products series to reduce complexity

Create new quality and material standards

Revise and creates engineering standards

Support our Vision and Guiding Principles

Adhere to company safety guideline

Skills to Perform This Role: Honest and ethical, Team Oriented, Positive attitude, Tactful, Assertive, Flexible, Patient, Creative thinking, Trustworthy, Good people skills, Willingness to learn new things, Ability to keep humor in the workplace, Ability to build and sustain relationships, Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that is goal driven (completion dates)

Good listening skills

Good written and verbal communication skills

Ability to communicate technical issues

Ability to communicate at all levels

Conduct design reviews with customers

Good organizational skills

Good team building skills

Respect of others point of view

Must have initiative

Good time management skills

Can handle multiple tasks

Understanding of role in the company

Can prioritize multiple tasks appropriate to meet business needs

Understanding of sound engineering practices

Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Value Engineering/Value Analysis (VE/VA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA)

Understanding of Sustainability and relation to design

Understanding of manufacturing and tooling processes

Ability to perform root causes failure analysis

Understanding for various prototyping techniques

Understanding of BIFMA and UL standards

Understanding of mechanical drawings

Understanding of Solid modeling and 3D experience

Knowledgeable of Furniture industry

PC literate and fluent with Microsoft office programs

Ability to operate CAD related office products; scanner, printer, plotter, etc

Understanding of Quality Fundamentals

Understanding of Financial Fundamentals

Understanding of PDP, NPI and EC Processes

Knowledge of various materials including steel, aluminum, plastic, composites, wood, etc and their common use applications

Ability to perform tolerance stack analysis

Understanding of Geometric, Dimensioning and ANSIY-14M

Understanding of mechanics of solids, strengths of materials, machine elements, material science, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics

Understanding of voice of the customer

Ability to identify product Critical to Quality Characteristics (CQT)

Interpret and mitigate results of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Conduct structural failure analysis

Verify process capability

Establish tolerance for fit, form and function based on specific process capabilities to establish acceptable for, fit and function

Ability to create detailed project plans