Product Development Engineer II at Advanced Cooling Technologies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area - Job

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Job description

SUMMARY:  This is a hands-on position and involves all aspects of planning and managing research projects from bid and proposal (B&P) to final deliverables.  Perform mechanical and thermal design and analyses to support research project requirements.  Work with laboratory technicians to fabricate and test thermal hardware.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Evaluate potential research programs from customers to determine applicability to company expertise.
• Write research proposals and/or quotation for customers including Bill of materials and labor estimates, as required.
• Conduct mechanical and thermal design and analyses per customer specifications.
• Generate drawings per customer requirements.
• Work with supplier base to manufacture required components.  Generate and approve supplier purchase orders.
• Document reports, both interim and final, detailing program progress, problems and proposed solutions.
• Document program schedules.
• Document fabrication and test procedures.
• Establish and document work plan for laboratory technicians to complete proposed tasks.
• Communicate progress with customer.
• Assist and provide supervision to technicians in all aspects of fabrication and testing to assure product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Evaluate and report test results.
• Monitor project costs to assure budget is not exceeded.
• Assist marketing personnel in evaluating potential market opportunities.
• Write follow-on research proposals for continuation funding.
• Perform final inspections, as required.
• Generate, disposition, and implement Engineering Change Notices and generate ECN status accounting reports, as required.
• Work to generate product Control Plan Summary, as required.
• Authorize disposition of Nonconforming Materials.
• Perform First Article Inspections, as required.
• Follow Foreign Object Damage Protection procedures when working on Aerospace product contracts.

Desired Skills and Experience

1. B.S., M.S., or PhD degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
2. Prior experience in using modern design and analyses software such as SolidWorks (CAD) and Cosmosworks (FEA)
3. Prior experience in using computational data acquisition systems, such as LabView.
4. Prior experience in designing and conducting mechanical/thermal experiments.
5. Good verbal and written skills essential.
6. Prior experience using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) a plus.