About this role
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Applies creative thinking, technical analysis, and project management skills to contribute to the innovation objectives determined by management and the innovation team. • Ensures that all existing and new innovation products meet all design, regulatory, and quality standards and specifications. • Trains and develops essential technical personnel. • Exercises good project management techniques by providing progress updates of the various projects as well as appropriate stakeholder management for accountability. • Works with Quality Control Engineer on product and process quality standards. • Designs and generates product models and drawings that meet GF design guidelines. • Follows the defined innovation process for GF. • Contributes to the performance of the R&D team by completing assigned tasks and special projects. • Gathers data by assembling, installing, and testing products, compounds, and components for defined metrics. • Performs comparisons and analyses of results to contribute to technical and product innovation. • Compiles and reports data from personal and team evaluations. • Maintains, operates, and calibrates laboratory equipment, including necessary supplies. • Keeps accurate records in the form of a laboratory notebook and make sure records are filed correctly so new advances can be patented as necessary. • Ensures that all operations adhere to both company and government regulations. • Develops a thorough understanding of product applications, performance, quality standards, testing, and installation. • Supports production and product management engineers on new and existing products. • Writes basic test protocols, execute testing, record data, and write summary reports. • Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
• Ability to work well in a dynamic and demanding environment, interfacing with a wide variety of people and managing multiple projects simultaneously. • Ability to design products to regulatory standards and generate models and technical drawings • Good communication skills. • Ability to work well with others. • Proficient in Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. • Computer modeling skills in NX, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks • Ability to use measurement equipment to include calipers, micrometers, etc.
Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering field (preferably mechanical, electrical, industrial, or materials) • Minimum of 3-4 years of research and development experience or equivalent • Project management experience a plus. • Experience with various mechanical and material analytical test equipment.
Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:
• Associate exposed to general production machine noise levels. • Exposure to fumes. • Exposure to seasonal temperature extremes. • Exposure to hazards such as electrical and moving mechanical parts. • Standing, walking, sitting, reaching, pushing, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing. • Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more with the ability to judge depth and space relationships and bring object into sharp focus. • Average work-exert up to 60 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly. • Required to lift up to 50 lbs. and move odd shaped objects (desks, tables, etc.). • Required some overhead lifting up to 40lbs objects (cardboard boxes, trash bags, odd shaped items, etc.).
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