Product Engineer - Chicago, United States - Amsted Rail

Amsted Rail

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Harrison Lawrence

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Part time $30,000 - $80,000 per year Manufacturing / Mechanical

Description

The Product Engineer is responsible for the development and maintenance of specific product designs within Amsted Rail's brake product line. The position works directly with other design engineers, manufacturing engineers, strategic purchasing leaders and operations personnel to maximize the value and performance of their assigned products to these key criteria: safety, performance to customer quality requirements, competitive manufacturing costs and reliability.

Manage assigned rail vehicle brake products through all phases of their life cycle.
Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders regarding design, quality and reliability needs.
Design and edit in SolidWorks, complying with drawing management requirements.
Hands-on collaboration with R&D and quality technicians to validate products in laboratory settings.
Deliverable: cost reduction in established products through intersection of design improvement and purchasing opportunity.
Deliverable: timely communication of new product design information to sales, purchasing, or manufacturing stakeholders. Team Development
Will mentor and develop other engineers and technicians in areas of product expertise.
Will effectively collaborate with purchasing stakeholders to implement cost reduction strategies with key suppliers.
Will effectively collaborate with manufacturing stakeholders to improve the safety and manufacturability of assigned products. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.