PRINCIPAL R&D/PRODUCT DVL ENGINEER
- Taipei City
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree or higher in mechanical engineering.
- 8 years or more of mechanical engineering product development experience.
- Engineering experience in connector and cable assembly industry strongly preferred.
- Participation in full product development cycle from establishing customer requirements to releasing qualified design to production.
- Demonstrated proficiency in 3D CAD applications, PTC Creo preferred, Ansys SpaceClaim beneficial.
- Demonstrated proficiency in 3D CAE simulation applications, Ansys preferred.
- Ability in geometric dimensions and tolerances and tolerance analysis.
- Detailed understanding of manufacturing processes including stamping, molding, plating, and assembly.
- Design for manufacturing (DFM) to address customer requirements including mechanical, environmental, electrical, manufacturing, and cost.
- Strong interpersonal communication and cross functional teamwork skills.
- Ability to work in a global environment.
- Lead technical product development of strategic projects from market definition through production and release.
- Act as core team member for mechanical design and design leader for cross functional team in concert with project manager.
- Train colleagues on technical tools and processes.
- Leverage understanding of competitive products and intellectual property for department.
- Execute on multiple projects concurrently driving technology and product decisions with the team.
- Exercise influence within the department by participating in design reviews of colleagues' projects.
- Contribute to technical initiatives within the department.
- Drive customer and supplier communications.
- Execute on the product development through stages of concept, design, validation and industrialization.
- Concept new products using engineering tools to create 3D CAD models and work with a cross functional team to jointly refine these concepts into manufacturable, cost-effective product.
- Perform engineering analysis including mechanical simulations on key features such as spring beams, latches and compliant pins.
- Create 2D drawing with geometric dimensions and tolerances and conduct tolerance analysis to ensure design intent can be achieved.
- Write specifications and technical documentation including design objectives, application guidelines, validation test plans, and qualification reports.
- Coordinate and support creation of engineering prototypes and customer samples, validating features as needed.
- Work with manufacturing to reconcile dimensionally measured product to 2D drawings.
- Coordinate validation and qualification testing on product to ensure design objectives are met.
- Conduct failure analysis as needed using tools such as CT scans, cross sections and tear downs to determine root cause for issues and implement solutions.
- Maintain engineering documentation and history files.
- Keep account to the project team on deliverables including honoring timeline commitments.