Mech Design Engr II
Honeywell · Posted Oct 22
Building automation, industrial automation, aerospace, and energy-efficient technology solutions
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About the role
The Process Automation Value Engineering and Component Engineering Center of Excellence team drives value engineering, cost reduction and productivity for Process Automation products, working with global product engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, quality and ISC teams. The role covers value design optimization, alternate source qualification, component standardization, localization, supplier changes and manufacturing improvement projects across the Process Automation portfolio. The engineer will generate and validate VE/CE ideas, convert them into savings projects, and prepare drawings, 3D models, design calculations, DFMEA and ECN packages while maintaining quality, reliability and certification compliance.
What you will do
- Generate new VE/CE ideas from productivity events, design reviews, BOM reviews, supplier inputs, manufacturing feedback, field issues and benchmarking.
- Check each idea for technical feasibility, cost saving potential, risk, validation needs and implementation effort.
- Convert approved ideas into productivity or savings projects and drive them from concept to implementation.
- Deliver savings while maintaining design intent, product performance, quality, safety and certification compliance.
- Identify and execute Value Engineering and Component Engineering opportunities for Process Automation products.
- Review product designs, drawings, BOMs and manufacturing processes to find cost, quality, manufacturability and supply continuity improvements.
- Generate new cost saving ideas through product teardown, benchmarking, supplier discussions, plant inputs and engineering reviews.
- Evaluate ideas for savings value, technical feasibility, certification impact, quality risk and implementation timeline.
- Prepare simple business cases for approved ideas and convert them into productivity or savings projects.
- Lead execution of savings projects from idea stage through design update, validation, qualification, ECO release and implementation.
- Support alternate material, alternate supplier, localization, part commonization and design optimization projects.
- Perform engineering assessments to make sure proposed changes meet product performance, reliability, safety and customer requirements.
- Prepare and review 2D production drawings, 3D CAD models, design calculations, DFMEA, tolerance stack-up, qualification documents, ECN packages and technical reports.
- Support certification and qualification impact assessments for design changes, including HazLoc products where applicable.
- Work with sourcing and suppliers to evaluate alternate components, manufacturing processes and cost reduction proposals.
- Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for product, manufacturing and field issues where design changes are needed.
- Participate in design reviews and provide practical recommendations focused on cost, manufacturability, reliability and quality.
- Support annual productivity and margin improvement goals for the Process Automation business.
- Drive product simplification, component standardization and part commonization wherever practical.
- Support obsolescence mitigation, alternate source qualification and supply risk reduction activities.
- Work with plants and suppliers to improve manufacturing process, assembly time and part cost.
- Use standard engineering and business processes for design change, validation and release.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project status, risks, action items and savings realization.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 4 to 6 years of relevant Mechanical Design experience in Industrial Automation, Instrumentation, Process Control, Marine or related industry.
- Good knowledge of mechanical design principles, product development practices and manufacturing processes.
- Experience in product cost reduction, value engineering, productivity or sustaining engineering projects.
- Knowledge of Hazardous Area product design and global standards such as IECEx, ATEX, FM and CSA is preferred.
- Strong understanding of design calculations, tolerance stack-up, GD&T, DFMEA, DFM and DFA.
- Experience with castings, forgings, machined parts, plastics, sheet metal, pressure parts and surface finishing processes.
- Hands-on experience in SolidWorks and Creo.
- Working experience with Windchill, Teamcenter, PDM/PLM systems and ECO/ECR activities.
- Good understanding of NPI and sustaining engineering life cycle.
- Ability to work with global engineering, sourcing, quality, manufacturing and supplier teams.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Able to communicate effectively in English.
- Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering will be an advantage.
Preferred qualifications
- Knowledge of Process Automation products and applications will be an added advantage.
- Experience in VE/CE, localization, alternate sourcing, should-cost or supplier productivity projects is preferred.
- Lean or Six Sigma exposure will be an advantage.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Practical engineering thinking with a cost-conscious mindset.
- Self-driven, accountable and comfortable working independently.
- Good team player with strong stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to convert ideas into executable projects and close them with measurable savings.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate corporation that invents and manufactures technologies addressing tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. It operates major business divisions focusing on building automation, industrial automation, and enterprise performance solutions. Through continuous innovation, the company helps drive smarter, safer, and more sustainable operations worldwide.
- Industry
- Conglomerate
- Company size
- 101000+ employees
- Founded
- 1906
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Stepniak
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Suresh Venkatarayalu
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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