Position available in Auburn Hills, MI
- Analyze customer requirements and develop competitive systems and station concepts
- Document pertinent application engineering calculations and data
- Responsible for high quality design work, accurate quoting and effective machine build supervision and start-up
- Major Duties:
- Responsible for the quality, cost effectiveness and timeliness of designs
- Responsible for conformance to design specifications
- Obtain necessary subcontract support and quotations
- Write proposal documents
- Meet quotation deadline requirements
- Support sales presentations
- Attend customer line up meetings
- Visit customer plants
- Participate in the development of sales presentation strategies and materials
- Review and completely understand customer requirements and specifications
- Terms and conditions
- Plant and corporate specifications
- Preferred vendor listings
- Part and assembly drawings and specifications
- Project specific quotation requirements
- Develop conceptual solutions and alternatives
- Process flow sequences and strategies
- Part handling and fixturing methods
- Station concepts, including operating sequences, timing charts
- Material flow with system layouts and arrangements
- Sketches, drawings and motion sheets as required documenting the above, directing CAD work and providing presentation materials
- Initiate internal concept review and brainstorming meetings
- Obtain vendor quotations on critical equipment develop technical specifications
- Identify qualified vendors
- Communicate with vendors via phone, fax and mail to provide line-ups, develop alternative solutions, receive and clarify quotations
- Develop quotations and proposals
- System and station descriptions
- Specification responses
- Price breakdowns
- Terms and conditions
- Identify and resolve problems
- Work with technical and commercial experts as required
- Obtain outside / vendor technical assistance
- Alert management to critical unresolved issues in a timely manner
- Maintain accurate project documentation
- Obtain final pricing and delivery decisions
- Finalize and transmit the proposal on schedule
- Ultimately responsible for the technical quality and commercial success of assigned projects
- Understands customer specifications and objective of the project
- Establish and execute the time-line for the project per the customer requirements
- Adhere to the project budget
- Capable of communicating to the various divisions (electrical, mechanical), in the company, and ensuring their understanding of the tasks at hand
- Interface with and provide support to all operational departments including Sales, Service and Applications
- Address all of the customer concerns and requirements
- Regular reporting of project progress and status to the customer and Hirata management
- Manage supplier and subcontractors relations on the project
- Participate on all the meetings regarding the project execution and progress
- Responsible for the design, manufacturing, assembly, debug, try-out, run-off, teardown, shipment, installation, start-up, and buyoff for all assigned projects
- Responsible for the delivery of all the as built drawings, manuals, and documentation to the customer
- Manage customer change orders
- Conduct all project meetings
- Review the overall performance of the project with departmental managers, and provide input on how Hirata can make improvements for future projects
- Responsible for collecting all payments from customers
- Serve as the Mechanical Project Engineer on projects as needed
Mechanical Engineer Requirements- A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
- 3+ years’ experience designing assembly machines
- 3+ years working for a company that sells assembly machines
- 3+ years quoting assembly machines
- Must have 3+ years design experience using AutoCAD or SolidWorks
- Must be experienced in designing systems around power and free conveyance, dials, indexing tables, walking beams and other forms of transport
- Must have a wide variety of experience with different types of assembly machines (fastening, pick / place, testing, feeding)
- Must project a professional appearance and attitude
- Must have good customer relation skills
- Must possess superior organizational skills
- Good communicator-presentation and technical writing skills
