Product Development Manager jobs in Kansas City, KS

Inovair (industrial products division of Accessible Technologies, Inc.) is seeking a Product Development Engineer with the experience to develop new products with a focus in mechanical system design.  This position will work primarily on Inovair's leading municipal wastewater and aircraft ground support product lines, but will also address other emerging applications markets as needed.

Inovair is the worldwide leader in forced air aircraft deicing, a leader in compact high-efficiency blower packages for wastewater treatment, and was the first company to create turbo blower packages designed specifically for pneumatic conveying. Inovair also is a leading supplier of blowers and compressors for general industrial applications and aircraft ground support applications beyond deicing.  Highly efficient blower design, durable transmission design, and space utilization are just a few hallmarks of the Inovair line of turbo blowers and centrifugal compressors. 

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities include designing supercharger components and applications to cover our entire product offering with documentation for production rollout of new products, including composition of customer installation manuals and in house assembly instructions. This individual will be responsible for maintaining quality control of products utilizing our Enterprise system, including management of engineering change orders and corrective action reports, as well as detailed workplans. 

Additionally, this individual:

• Designs, tests, and documents new products
• Assists with the development of quality assurance systems for new and existing products
• Meets schedule and qualifies requirements
• Fabricates test components and assemblies.

Required Qualifications:

·         Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent 4-year technical degree

·         5 year’s experience in mechanical system design

·         Minimum of 2 years’ experience with SolidWorks and capable of creating fully defined 3D models, drawings, and utilizing GD&T

·         Strong competency in prototyping, testing, and troubleshooting mechanical systems

·         Ample hands on experience

·         Technical writing skills, preferably with InDesign software

·         Highly resourceful, organized and innovative

·         Dedicated to keeping projects moving forward and adhering to project schedules, through project completion

·         Able to clearly communicate ideas and concepts

·         Successful working within interdisciplinary team(s)

Desired Qualifications:

·         Controls system experience

·         Clean Technology or Wastewater Treatment experience

·         Experience with blowers, compressors or other related industrial products

·         Applications engineering experience

·         Familiarity with 5-axis milling and programming

·         Technical support experience

Accessible Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.