Product Development Engineer
Continental
- Halstead, KS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work with Material Platform / Material Process Engineering to define specifications and test procedures for raw material suppliers (cord, fabric, coating, rubber)
- Assist in the development of new alternative material suppliers and support audit if necessary
- Participate in strategic projects
- Customer acquisition and PD in order to gain new business
- Support global standardization and consolidation of belt and service material specifications
- Contribute to product management activities
- Define DFMEA and product DVP to meet the project requirement book and develop test plans and procedures
- Drive the New Product Developments from G30 to G80
- Technical lead in development projects
- Drive, document and train design standards for the product line
- Systematically analyze own and competitor products, including their product performance and manufacturing process
- Technical experts to train new engineering staff, to help in complaint questions, back-up for Application Engineering
- Transfer master recipes to local requirements and input products in specific plants
- Contribute to CT raw material strategy around sustainable products by approving into final products
- Approval of alternative suppliers, Raw Materials (Polymers, Chemicals, Fabrics, Steel Cables, Fasteners, Splice Materials, etc.)
- Establish required cooperation with external partners (suppliers, universities, institutes, ATD, customers (OEMs), etc.)
- Representation of company in standardization committees (DIN, EN, ISO, AS, CEMA, ARPM, ...) and interest groups (VDI, VDMA, ...)
- Execute special projects utilizing PM methods and procedures
- Support creation of KPI documentation, STI results, and necessary information for communicating department successes
- Maintenance of software systems for use in our daily work
- Provide support for training information and transfer of knowledge to other part of the organization (Application Engineering, Central Technology, Customers, Distributors, Field service, Commercial, etc.).
- Update and maintain the required design guidelines to allow easy transfer of information and rules to other parts of the organization
- Immediate Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition & Employee Discounts
- Annual Bonus
- Employer 401(k) Match
- And more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!
- University degree in Engineering
- Knowledge of the Business Model and the profit and loss calculation of the BA (methodical)
- Overall technical knowledge of conveyor belt systems
- Quality management methods (FMEA, statistics, 6 Sigma, Yokoten)
- Intellectual property
- Travel required: up to 25%
- Fundamental Knowledge in Elastomers, Thermoplastics, Reinforcements and according manufacturing processes (tech.)
- Structural and methodical working and thinking
- Project Management (Methodical)
- Intercultural Skills (Specialized)
- Overall knowledge of belt manufacturing processes