Product Engineer 1

With more than 120 operations and about 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10 billion dollar company employs more than 20,000 people worldwide.  PCC has over 120 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

PCC Engineered Products offers comprehensive product lines that cover virtually every aerospace fastening application, we produce fasteners, precision components, tooling, and engineered system solutions for the automotive, defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets

PCC Engineered Products products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership insure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve

Headquartered in Gardena California, PCC Fluid Fittings designs and manufactures separable and permanent fluid fittings and installation tooling for aerospace and defense applications. PCC Fluid Fittings, owned by PCC, is a multi-national business with plants in France, Mexico, and China. The products manufactured by PCC Fluid Fittings flies on a significant percentage of western-designed aircraft. Many of these parts were designed and qualified in-house, and PCC Fluid Fittings continues to maintain status as the cognizant engineering authority on the performance and application of those fittings within the industry. PCC Fluid Fittings also takes great pride in its concurrent engineering approach to design and manufacturing, and great-focus is placed on operating safely, productively, at a high quality-level, and profitably.

The Product Engineer I is a strong individual contributor within the Product Engineering team. This role is primarily focused on supporting the introduction of new product, and improvements in the introduction process – from customer through first-time manufacture. In this role, the employee will have ownership over the introductory process on specific families of product, will work with sales and the customer to ensure requirements are met, and will work with both Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to ensure the necessary process controls exist for manufacturing. Also, in this role the employee will use project management tools to track the implementation of these products as strategic projects. In cases where testing or product validation is required, the Product Engineer I will support the development of test plans and will coordinate/track status of the testing in the Engineering R&D Lab team.

• Introductory product lifecycle management – from customer through manufacturing onboarding of new product
  • Working with the customer to define CTQ characteristics and product application requirements
  • Creating, or supporting the creation of, test plans or statements of work to validate that product will meet customer requirements through coordination with the Engineering R&D test lab
  • Working with the Sales team to ensure the correct items are identified and that internal Engineering requirements are understood prior to order entry
  • New Product Introduction (NPI) and Item setup in the ERP system
  • Internal manufacturing drawing creation/coordination and creation of process specifications, if required
  • Defining Key Characteristics for process controls during first-time product manufacturing and setup/coordination of SPC Plans with the Mfg. Engineering team to ensure customer requirements are met
  • Working with Mfg. Engineering to ensure raw materials or forging requirements are defined
• Good project management
  • Working knowledge of the use of Gantt-chart type project trackers, defining milestones, actions, owners, due dates, and financial opportunities
  • Write clear and concise statements of work for customer-driven or new product development and introduction projects
• Ability to maintain focus on assigned actions and tasks, and having the drive to push through obstacles without frequently requiring support from management or Sr. Engineers
• Work with sales to perform basic cost-analysis, support quoting, and be a go-to technical resource for the customer
• Working with standard Engineering administrative processes, such as engineering change orders, new product introduction workflows, drawing creation/release, project requests from sales/customer/manufacturing, workflow processes, and creation of procedures
• Create engineering report-outs and presentations to senior management on major projects, including walking through project timelines, milestones, metrics or KPI’s, and the action plan/next steps
• Develop a knowledge of the fluid fittings product - design, application, manufacturing processes, and performance of root-cause-analysis with teams of Engineers and members of other departments when deviations from process/procedure occur
• Writing and releasing work instructions, process specifications, and operating procedures related to plant engineering activities and technical manufacturing requirements
• May occasionally perform special duties or projects, as assigned.

• B.S. in an Engineering discipline
• 1-1/2+ years of Engineering experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment
• A track-record of working on successful, results-driven engineering projects
• Project management experience with successful project outcomes
• A track-record of successful problem solving using logic, RCCA, 8D, 5 Why, PDCA, and A3
• Firm skill-set with the Microsoft Suite - Excel, Word, Visio, Powerpoint, and Project
• Experience creating Solidmodels and Drawings using Solidworks or CATIA
• Experience in managing product data (drawings, models, processes, procedures), preferably through the use of a PDM software
• Exposure to process mapping and to the deployment of process improvement tools to develop and deploy the future state
• Exposure to the development of test plans for validation or development of new product, and for trouble-shooting existing product.
• Exposure to the adherence, or creation, of project metrics and KPI’s

• Good communication skills, both written and verbal, both within the organization and with customers or vendors/suppliers
• Ability to work well with individuals inside and outside of the organization
• Mechanically-oriented, and having demonstrated hand-on mechanical abilities
• Fundamental Microsoft Windows computer skills, including but not limited to, organized management of file folders, shared files, managing file types, and desktop setup
• Ability to interpret, analyze, and draw conclusions from data using analytics or graphical illustrations – bar-charts, histograms, graphs/trend-lines, plots, etc.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, and to guide others through ambiguous problems
• Ability to apply logic and scientific thinking to intellectual and practical problems
• Ability to Create and Interpret Engineering Drawings, including GD&T, and ability to work with Solidworks or CATIA solid models
• Familiarity with Statistical Process Control in a high-mix, medium-volume manufacturing environment – X-bar and R-charts, control limits, Cp/Cpk, and Key Characteristics
• Ability to interpret and produce well-written, clear, and concise technical procedures.
• Working knowledge and demonstrated use of ERP/MRP/MES systems a plus
• Previous design, product development, and product lifecycle management experience a plus
• Familiarity with and previous development of Process mapping, process improvement, and process deployment
• Familiarity with phase-gate type process workflows
• Exposure to Design for Six Sigma and/or Lean/Six Sigma training (either formal, or informal) a plus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.