Product Engineer Samtec, Inc

The Product Engineer designs and develops solutions within New Product or Sustaining Product
Engineering.

Essential Functions/ Responsibilities
1.  Work directly with Marketing and Sales to review opportunities and develop engineering cost 
analyses based on Product Scopes, work directly with purchasing, quality, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, process engineering, electroplating, suppliers, and other necessary 
groups as a cross functional team to develop products/solutions.

2. Make significant contributions to design, development, and validation of connector solutions 
(including but not limited to board, cable, power, high speed, and panel mount products).
3. Work hands on to identify problems during new product development and/or when quality concerns arise.
4. Adhere to all corporate engineering standards including but not limited to documentation, file 
management, part modelling, part simulation.
5. Autonomously plan and schedule own daily tasks, develop solutions to problems utilizing formal 
education and judgment..

“The responsibilities as defined are intended to serve as a general guideline for this position. 
Associates may be asked to perform additional tasks depending on strengths and capabilities”

 

Required Experience
1. 7+ Years of related experience is preferred.

2. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
3. Must be a self-starter with strong leadership.
4. Excellent communication skills and demonstrated problem solving ability.
5. Excellent interpersonal skills in relating to both internal and external customers.
6. Proficient is MS Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook).
7. Experience in electrical connector design, plastic injection molding, and progressive die stamping.
8. Experience in engineering design software ( SolidWorks , AutoCAD etc.)

9. Experience in simulation software (FEA, CFD/thermal modeling, etc.) is preferred, but not required.
10. Highly organized, ability to prioritize a varied and fast-changing workload.
11. Motivated, high achiever, persistent and conscientious.

 

Preferred Education
1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering