R&D Engineer

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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