Design Engineer I
The Design Engineer I rapidly scopes and designs customized cable assemblies. Skills required are producing AutoCAD drawings, creating a complete bill of materials, sourcing components and providing real-time support to production teams. This role is well suited for a candidate who is extremely detail-oriented, responsive, and eager to build a foundation in engineering, product development, and manufacturing support.
This position offers hands-on exposure to engineering, sourcing, product management, production, and commercial functions, with the opportunity to develop technical skills and grow into expanded responsibilities over time.
Responsibilities
- Work with Technical Sales Engineers on market analysis of competing products to determine and establish customer needs and catalogue requirements.
- Respond to customer, distributor and intermediary questions during quoting.
- Design and develop products with a focus on connectorized solutions, production capabilities, and supporting infrastructure.
- Coordinate component sourcing with suppliers and internal resources in purchasing and production.
- Maintain product specifications, compliance and regulatory requirements for all products.
- Prepare cost estimates by studying blueprints, plans and related customer documents, consulting with engineers, managers, and other personnel.
- Rapidly and accurately design basic AutoCAD drawings and work instructions.
- Create part records within the Epicor ERP system.
- Respond to questions from the Product Management, Sourcing and Production departments.
- Participate in internal R&D projects to develop new products and capabilities.
Key Competencies
- Bias for action
- Applied problem solving
- Continuous Improvement