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8d ago

Product Design Engineer (2400)

PROTOMET CORPORATION Loudon, TN

Loudon, TN

8d ago

Full time Design Design Engineering Design For Manufacturing

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Job Description

Based in Loudon, TN (onsite), the Product Design Engineer at Protomet Corporation bridges customers and operations by applying mechanical know-how and aesthetic design to concepts and renderings while guiding designs through manufacturing and change management.

Responsibilities

Serve as the liaison between boating industry OEM customers and Protomet's operations, translating needs into actionable designs.
Demonstrate strong mechanical aptitude and deep knowledge of manufacturing processes.
Apply interpersonal skills and aesthetic design capabilities to deliver compelling concepts.
Leverage a customer facing role to support sales through relationship building and ongoing engagement.
Collaborate with customers and internal teams to transition designs to the operations group, applying change management and logistics expertise.
Bring aesthetic design competencies to the design process as a value add for customers.
Provide sketched concepts, computer generated renderings, and visually engaging designs to clients.

Requirements

Second Mile: commitment beyond the mandatory baseline, pursuing growth opportunities with outsized benefits.
Don’t Touch the Marshmallow: ability to delay short term gratification for longer term rewards.
Abundance Mindset: collaborate and grow the team, viewing new talent as opportunity rather than threat.
Skills Beat Credentials: what you can do matters more than credentials alone.
That’s Hard…Good: growth occurs through challenges and learning as you tackle them.
High Standards: expect personal and team performance to be among the best.
Influence: build trust with colleagues beyond direct reports and persuade actions when needed.
Humility: self awareness, willingness to admit mistakes, and openness to others' input.
High mechanical aptitude and relentless problem solving.
Hatred for inefficiencies and waste with a practical understanding of lean manufacturing principles, one piece flow, minimum viable product, and Pareto principle.
Initiative to start projects and discipline to finish them.
Innovation: practical intelligence and curiosity, with a readiness to test and adopt changes that drive improvement.

Technologies

Outcomes

Visit customers or host them for a site tour (with approval) at least six times per year.
Make at least one customer call weekly and discuss topics beyond work when appropriate.
Attend one industry expo or conference annually.
Design and secure two million dollars in recurring annual projects each year.
Identify and share one daily 2 second improvement with the engineering team via photo or video.
Identify, purchase, and implement one significant technology, software, hardware, or equipment addition each year.
Pursue continuing education for CAD or other software.
Advocate for manufacturability during design and prototype phases to optimize internal processes.
Diagnose quality issues and design processes to prevent recurrence.
Ensure work instructions are in place for new projects, whether as video or text.
Respond to all external customer communications within 4 work hours.

Competencies

Cultural: Second Mile; Don’t Touch the Marshmallow; Abundance Mindset; Skills Beat Credentials; That’s Hard…Good
Functional: High Standards; Influence; Humility; High mechanical aptitude and relentless problem-solver; Hatred for inefficiencies and waste, practical understanding of lean manufacturing principles, one piece flow, minimum viable product, Pareto principle; Initiative to start, discipline to finish; Innovation

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