Product Design Director jobs in Saint Cloud, MN

Strom Minnesota is currently looking for a Product Design Engineer for our client in Maple Lake, MN.

The Product Design Engineer is responsible for creating a product design that fulfills a company or customer’s strategic goals while integrating the needs of both sales and manufacturing, while also maintaining communication with the entire team to ensure a product’s success throughout the entire life cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create, evolve, and maintain product design and integrity throughout entire product lifecycle.
• Draft new designs and complete detailed 3D modeling/drawings using direction from the Owner and the Sales Team to design for manufacturability and fit/form/function.
• Support the Sales Team with 3^rd party customers in design for manufacturability, design reviews and give feedback of design improvements for efficiency and/or higher quality parts.
• Participate in first article production and first article approval meetings to confirm a part meets fit/form/function spec as the original design plan requested.
• Work with R & D to test parts and validate the part’s capabilities.
• Create/maintain the file infrastructure for proprietary and 3^rd party models and prints on the network so they are organized and easily recalled.
• Create and route ECO paperwork to issue new part numbers and create BOMs for all IQMS needs including but not limited to molding, secondary operations, assembly, outsourced, and customer supplied.
• Maintain open and extensive communication with manufacturing, sales, R & D, and all affected departments to ensure a project stays on time and has a smooth go-to-market timeline.
• Use problem solving and communication skills to work with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient with CAD software, Solidworks preferred
• Experience with MS Office applications preferred
• Experience with building and maintaining file infrastructures
• Experience with purchasing, expediting, MRP/ERP systems, quality/continuous improvement initiatives, and/or manufacturing safety practices.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills
• Solid analytical skills.
• Self-motivated. Ability to complete tasks with minimum supervision.
• Extremely detail oriented
• Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations.
• Regular, predictable attendance.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit or stand for extended periods of time and move about the facility. Exposure to shop elements such as noise, dust, fumes and odors.

About the Company:
Strom Minnesota

Company Size:
1,500 to 1,999 employees

Industry:
Staffing/Employment Agencies

Founded:
1961

Website:
http://www.stromminnesota.com