Principal Engineer Hose Products in Jackson, MI

The Position Principal Engineer - Hose Products Engineering Engineering Full-time United States - Michigan - Jackson The Compensation Benefits - Full - Design and develop new products or improve existing products. - Performs complex assignments often requiring development of new or improved products/processes/techniques. - Ensure products meet the customer's expectations and any applicable industry standards. - Designs and Develops products/prototype hardware capable of meeting customer requirements and industry standards through the use of existing, modified, and/or new designs. - Responsible for successful project completion by determining the resolution of issues such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of standard material, and difficult coordination issues. - Reviews project-related documentation to insure its accuracy. - Creates test plans for design suitability, verification and qualification testing. Monitors testing of product and analyze test data. - Conducts failure analysis examinations and prepare FAR (Failure Analysis) reports of our findings. - Provides technical support to the manufacturing floor as necessary to support our product and assure specs and ACES are being followed. - Works with customer and Marketing to resolve differences. Improves design, production, and test procedures through determining the cause of test failures. - Interprets the technical performance of our products to the customer so our products are used properly and performance requirements are valid. - Supervise the manufacturing of prototype hardware as necessary. - Coordinate and review activities of less senior engineers as necessary. - Lead product design efforts using our company's PROLaunch new product design process and the imbedded Design for Six Sigma tools. Basic Qualifications