Senior Project Engineer- New Product Development

Overview

Eaton's Aerospace division is currently seeking a Senior Project Engineer- New Product Development at our Los Angeles, CA facility. With almost 300 employees, the Los Angeles facility designs and manufactures quality valves, regulators, and other fluid controls used mostly by the Aerospace Industry.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $95,737.50 - $140,415.00 a year.

What you'll do

The Senior Project Engineer – New Product Development will have the opportunity to work with experts across Eaton Aerospace in functions such as Designers, Engineers, Fabrication, Supply Chain, Test Lab and one or more Integrated Product Teams (IPT) for applications, design, analyze, process development, manufacturing and implement product designs and improvements in all phases of a product development lifecycle.

The Senior Engineer – New Product Development works with a lead engineer, has strong leadership, communication, and technical skills, and can adapt and react quickly to internal and external customer demands. This position is for a technical project role in the Mechanical and Project Engineering group, supporting design, development, and implementation for new and existing designs of fluid power and motion control system components.

In this function you will :

• Primary responsibility is to provide technical design, analysis, and guidance for new product development and product improvements. Has the decision-making authority on behalf of Project Engineering for system and component design and the responsibilities for guiding and directing applicable IPT technical decisions and accomplishment of objectives.
• Engineer works with one or more IPT to design, analyze, and implement product designs and design improvements in all phases of a product design lifecycle
• Lead and participate in efforts to solve problems with product design, inspection, manufacturing, and test encountered by vendors, company operations personnel, and customers.
• Plan, organize, control, and lead projects. Establish and oversee accomplishment of multiple project objectives. Creates, updates, and interprets project schedules and communicates changes and status to Engineering Leadership and IPT(s). Support targets and milestones for project budgets and schedules.
• Participate in resolving program change of scope issues with Project Engineering and Program Management.
• Serve as technical contact for cross-functional teams and liaison between Engineering and internal and external customers. Interacts directly with internal and external customers through formal technical presentations and informal discussions.
• Create, develop, and guide the creation of design standards, technical documents, including Engineering drawings (following ASME Y14.5, ASME Y14.34 standards), test procedures, test reports, and design review material. Present product design and substantiating data and analysis, design findings and recommendations to customers and management.
• Ensure standardization of design of products and adherence to engineering processes across multiple projects. Supports continuous improvement by offering input to standard processes and procedures.
• Proactively collaborate with peers and managers to determine key goals, objectives, and corresponding metrics. Review and amend these actions as appropriate. Focus on the timely achievement of these goals and objectives.
• Interpret engineering documents. Coordinate creation and update of engineering documents.
• Participate in studies and improvement for cost reduction and first-time yield.
• Participate in cross-functional Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations. Provide engineering input and technical expertise and sound engineering judgment for failure investigation and for customer-returned hardware.

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