Product Engineer

Company Description

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a global Fortune 200 diversified manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking, and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. ITW, with approximately 14.1 billion dollars in global revenues, operates 7 major segments with businesses in 57 countries that employ approximately 45,000 women and men. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 16,000 active patents. 

StampTech Fasteners TM Division Description:

The ITW StampTech Fastener Division serves the major OEMs and Tier suppliers in the North American automotive market. The division supplies stamped metal fasteners and engineered fastener assemblies that leverage our deep-draw stamping technologies. The annual revenue for the division is approximately $160M. Locations include Gallatin, TN, Lexington, KY & Naugatuck, CT.

The Division drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering. In addition to ITW’s industry leading research and development capabilities, StampTech Fasteners TM enhances our customers’ competitive advantage by maintaining advanced engineering and manufacturing facilities in North America, exchanging product, process, and benchmarking information with sister units worldwide and continually improving processes, material, and designs to ensure every product provides value and meets customer expectations.

Job Description

The Product Engineer will reside at the manufacturing plant and will report to the Engineering Manager. The position will be responsible for new product development. The position will involve direction communication with the Application engineering team to create the best solution for the opportunity by applying knowledge of engineering principles to develop, design, and validate product. This role requires product development expertise, design capabilities utilizing software, understanding of data analysis tools, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects working with several stakeholders. At times, this individual may be required to directly interface with the customer to support the application team and/or a specific project. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES

• Responsible for understanding the customer's requirements to design, develop, and validate a solution using engineering methods (such as FEA, DOE, etc) to meet or exceed customer's performance requirements.
• Will collaborate with outside vendors that include prototype, heat treatment, surface treatment, sorting, stamping, etc during the part development process.
• Creates the manufacturing proposal and component costing using the divisional cost worksheet.
• Lead the project through the P1 and P2 phases of the APQP process.
• Support part proliferation activities to ensure a successful new business kickoff (ex: PDC, MDR, ECN).
• Generate and/or make changes to CAD drawings for new and existing products.
• Represent the product engineering team at technical sales visits, trade shows, and conferences.
• Provide technical training opportunities to us in internal and external customers and suppliers.
• Support customer launch and post launch improvement activities to reinforce the trusted advisor trait.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience or area of study.
• Looking for 3-5 years of Product Engineering Experience.
• Stamping/metal forming and/or automotive experience preferred.
• Proficient CAD software experience: SolidWorks preferred.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office software products.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001; IATF 16949 preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with ability and willingness to communicate, and work with other regions.
• Approximately 10% travel; primarily domestic and occasionally world-wide.

ITW CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS

• Exemplify and embody the ITW Leadership expectations.
• Able to thrive and collaborate in a decentralized and entrepreneurial culture.
• Able to take a high level of accountability and ownership for personal and company performance.
• Able to communicate both verbal and written with clarity and simplicity.
• Exemplifies a strategic-thinking approach and process to program management.
• Able to make decisions and use critical thinking and analytical approaches when weighing options.
• Nurturing an environment consistent with the ITW values and culture.
• Is outcome driven and applies the 80/20 principles to prioritize work demands.
• Pro-actively participating in ITW’s ‘toolbox’ initiatives (i.e., USa, 80/20 Philosophy, PLS, MRD, and In-Lining).
• Serves as the primary liaison to the customer; the incumbent can use their influencing skills to get results.

Additional Information

ITW Culture & Leadership Expectations:

• Exemplify and embody the ITW Leadership expectations
• Able to thrive and collaborate in a decentralized and entrepreneurial culture 
• Able to take a high level of accountability and ownership for personal and company performance
• Able to communicate both verbal and written with clarity and simplicity
• Exemplifies a strategic-thinking approach and process to product management
• Able to make decisions and use critical thinking and analytical approaches when weighing options

ITW is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. 

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. 

As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.