Product Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze customer inputs and design product modifications to meet customer expectations.
• Works with manufacturing and process engineering to ensure new products can fabricated reliably.
• Interfaces with Purchasing and various suppliers to implement recommendations resulting in cost improvement and supplier diversification.  Coordinates validation efforts for such projects.
• Reviews, Maintains and Implements activity for Sustaining Engineering / Change Management Process (ECR/ECN)  for India and provide support to other regions.
• Creates product designs and specifications in conjunction with Research and Development. Ensures new products are designed to meet customer expectations. 
• Support the company’s APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) process to maximize the success of developing and tracking a product or process through its development life cycle.
• Provide product engineering and technical support for assigned product lines after transitioning to manufacturing.  This includes drawing and raw material specification approvals.
• May include quality, manufacturing and other areas of support to the India regions operations.
• Supports Sales, Applications Engineering, Product Management, Advanced Manufacturing, Program Management and Operations in India with technical support for end customers (OEMs, Tier 1’s) including direct customer engineering interface. Technical support includes product knowledge, design details, CAD data exchange.
• Provide technical support to the regional Sales Team: attending virtual & in-person customer meetings following supervisor direction.
• Capable of providing support as requested by supervisor.

EDUCATION:

• BS Engineering (Preferably Mechanical or Textile)

EXPERIENCE:

COMPETENCIES:

• Minimum Eight (8) years of experience in engineering environment with preference on prior Product Engineering experience. Experience in automotive component design and Global OEM Project exposure are a plus.
• CAD experience (AutoCad, Inventor, NX, CATIA) is required.  Experience in translation of 3D to 2D is a considerable plus.  Experience in OEM dataexchange is preferred.
• Prior experience in leading and managing projects and programs is required.
• Outstanding inter-personal skills and a demonstrated ability to work with all levels, departments, and operations of the company
• Excellent communication, technical writing skills
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail in execution of engineering deliverables
• Ability to accept, understand and resolve conflict or disagreement
• Self directed and have a passion for results
• MS project experience preferred
• Ability to travel frequently if needed
• Knowledge of a second language, Spanish, French, German, Japanese or Chinese is helpful
• Knowledge of Trade Compliance

• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Windchill: Product Data Management
• Design Process Failure Mode Analysis (DFMEA)
• Process Failure Mode Analysis (FMEA)
• International Material Data System (IMDS)
• Creation of Design Records (Product Requirements, FMEA’s, DVP).
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• Product Testing Procedures
• Material Specifications
• Product Drawings – create / change / review
• New Product Introduction system (NPI)  - company specific
• Product Concept System (NPI Design) – company specific

Employee Organizational Responsibilities:

1. Each employee has the authority to initiate action to prevent a violation of the Tenneco Integrity Policy.
2. Adheres and is compliant to the policies and procedures in regards to IATF16949/AS9100 quality standards.  Strives to continuously improve processes.
3. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including Tenneco’s EHS policies, procedures, and practices.
4. Adhere to the policy and practice of refusing to tolerate or allow behavior defined by Tenneco as unacceptable in terms of safety (e.g. "unsafe behavior" meaning behavior that could lead to occupational injury or illness to a plant employee, contractor or visitor).
5. Environmental Health & Safety Responsibilities and Accountability - Comply with Environmental Health & Safety Rules and Regulations.  Must be able to understand what hazards are associated with his/her position and how to minimize them. All accidents/injuries no matter how slight must be reported to any member of management, and/or Environmental Health & Safety Manager as soon as possible.  
6. Will be required to wear required personal protective equipment.
7. Managers/Supervisors: Will be responsible for the environment, health and safety of all employees under their direct supervision as well as reporting and taking immediate action per the policy