Product Design Engineer

Job Summary:

The Product Design Engineer is responsible for creating a product design that fulfills a company or customer’s strategic goals while integrating the needs of both sales and manufacturing, while also maintaining communication with the entire team to ensure a product’s success throughout the entire life cycle.  Check out our products at www.rhinomade.com!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create, evolve, and maintain product design and integrity throughout entire product lifecycle.
• Draft new designs and complete detailed 3D modeling/drawings using direction from our Owner and the Sales Team to design for manufacturability and fit/form/function.
• Support the Sales Team with 3^rd party customers in design for manufacturability, design reviews and give feedback of design improvements for efficiency and/or higher quality parts.
• Participate in first article production and first article approval meetings to confirm a part meets fit/form/function spec as the original design plan requested.
• Work with R & D to test parts and validate the part’s capabilities.
• Create/maintain the file infrastructure for proprietary and 3^rd party models and prints on the network so they are organized and easily recalled.
• Create and route ECO paperwork to issue new part numbers and create BOMs for all IQMS needs including but not limited to molding, secondary operations, assembly, outsourced, and customer supplied.
• Maintain open and extensive communication with manufacturing, sales, R & D, and all affected departments to ensure a project stays on time and has a smooth go-to-market timeline.
• Use problem solving and communication skills to work with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficient with CAD software, Solidworks preferred
• Experience with MS Office applications preferred
• Experience with building and maintaining file infrastructures
• Experience with purchasing, expediting, MRP/ERP systems, quality/continuous improvement initiatives, and/or manufacturing safety practices.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills
• Solid analytical skills.
• Self-motivated. Ability to complete tasks with minimum supervision.
• Extremely detail oriented
• Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations.
• Regular, predictable attendance.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit or stand for extended periods of time and move about the facility. Exposure to shop elements such as noise, dust, fumes and odors.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MAPLE LAKE, MINNESOTA.  THIS IS AN IN-OFFICE POSITION.

 

Employee Benefits

• Health / Wellness
  • Medical / Dental / Vision Plans Available
  • If you are on our medical plan:
    • We contribute up to $600/year into your Health Savings Account (HSA) for health-related expenses. This is yours to keep and you never lose it.
    • If you are on our $3,400 plan, Rhino will reimburse you a portion of your health claims after your deductible is met.
    • Rhino offers a reimbursement of monthly fitness membership dues, up to a maximum of $50 per calendar month (must make a minimum of 12 visits per month), which could make your gym membership FREE.
    • Nurse Line 800-551-0859. Call 24/7 to talk to a Nurse about health questions.
  • FREE $25,000 term life insurance and matching accidental death and dismemberment benefit for eligible employees.
  • FREE Short-term disability AND Long-term disability income protection for eligible employees.
  • Other voluntary benefits available through Unum – quarterly enrollment.

• Retirement
  • 401k Match - employer matches $0.50 for each $1.00 you save up to 5% of your compensation.
  • Annual Profit-Sharing Bonus. We make money, you get a bonus.

• Vacation Time / Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Employed here for One to Four Years – You earn Two Weeks (80 Hours)
  • Employed here for Five to Nine Years – You earn Three Weeks (120 Hours)
  • Employed here for 10 Years – You earn Four Weeks (160 Hours)

• Employee Discount on products – Save a bunch of cash when buying our products!

• Verizon Discount – Save up to 17% on your monthly bill and up to 25% on accessories
  • Visit this website to claim discount: https://www.verizon.com/discount-program/
  • If you have a work email make sure to use @rhinomade.com to qualify
    • If you don’t, they have other ways to verify your employment. Follow their steps.