About This Role
This entry-level/early career product-focused position involves performing established technical tasks at the sub-system and/or component level for current and future products within a given business unit or corporate area. The role works across many steps in the product life cycle and often serves as a central point of coordination and decision-making between product line engineers, customer teams, systems engineers, purchasing, suppliers, and manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Investigate product problems, understand causal mechanisms, recommend appropriate action, own problem resolution, and document results with guidance from more experienced team members
- Work in business processes of Product Preceding Technology (PPT), Value Package Introduction (VPI), or Current Product Support (CPS)
- Execute technical processes such as Engineering Standard Work (ESW), iDFMEA, Failure Incident Review Group (FIRG)
- Use tools such as 7-step problem solving, design review checklist, and other specialized tools required to support processes and enable high-quality decision-making
- Obtain input from stakeholders such as technical managers, project leaders, other product and manufacturing engineers, and supplier partners to deliver information and recommendations that lead to quality product decisions
- Apply academic knowledge and existing experience to take action and make decisions that progress projects forward without sacrificing project quality expectations
- Own problem resolution for moderately complex components, products, systems, subsystems, or services, with technical complexity and ambiguity increasing as experience is gained
- Provide independent execution of established work processes and systems, while still developing technology or product knowledge
- Engage with the improvement of systems and processes
- Coordinate and direct work amongst technicians and/or temporary student employees
- Contribute effectively toward team goals
- Exhibit influence within a work group
- Continue to develop proficiency in the competency areas critical to success in the role
Requirements
- College, university, or equivalent Bachelor's degree in Engineering or appropriate STEM field
- Post-graduate (Master's) degree relevant to this discipline area may be required for select roles
- Licensing may be required for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations
- Entry-level/Early career professional experience
Nice to have:
- Relevant experience working in either a temporary student employment environment (intern, co-op, or other extracurricular team activities) or as an early career professional in a relevant technical discipline area
