Supply Chain Associate Product Engineer - Leeds, AL
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Date: Feb 7, 2024
Location: Leeds, AL, US, 35094
Company: Hubbell Incorporated
Job Overview
The Supply Chain Associate Product Engineer will support designated product line in the areas of product development, product line maintenance, production release, production support, and product applications.
This position will require working with a variety of business departments including Marketing, Sourcing Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, New Product Engineering, Customer Service, Field Sales, and Management. This mid-term focus of this role will be specifically on design engineering for purchased parts.
A Day In The Life
Finished good focus area is medium and high voltage switchgear and fuses
Design for manufacturing is focused primarily on metal castings, stampings, and other fabricated parts but may also include plastic and rubber injection, fiberglass pultrusion, electrical components, wiring harnesses, and other common material processes
Creating, updating, and reviewing design content requirements for sourcing initiatives including but not limited to 3D models and associated drawings, technical specifications, reliability calculations, finite element analysis, tolerance stack up, DFMEA, DFMA, and test reports
Create and manage engineering changes for associated design content
Identifying cost reductions for parts and assemblies
Review of customer specifications and requirements to generate design requirements
Participate in or lead lean initiatives related to product line development, support, and maintenance
Perform or oversee mechanical, environmental, and electrical testing
Create or facilitate the creation of prototypes for new and existing designs
Provide technical assistance to Marketing, Customer Service, Field Sales and Customers in the areas of product performance, applications, and maintenance
Assist in product training activities that may involve internal staffing or customer training events
Very limited travel requirements involving off-site testing of products, marketing support, field review of product applications or training activities
What will help you thrive in this role?
Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required (Mechanical Engineering preferred, physics or mathematics may be considered with relevant experience)
3D CAD knowledge and Microsoft Office proficiencies
Experience in design in a manufacturing environment
Ability to travel on business related trips (limited travel needs)
Ability to walk around the manufacturing shop floor and lift 50 pounds as needed (part inspection, part fit check, product testing, etc.)
Preferred
Experience in medium and high voltage switchgear
Experience with model-based definition
3 years’ experience with Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks
Competencies
Initiative and Drive
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.