This position is responsible for reviewing, planning and monitoring incoming special bearing design requirements and providing technical support and assistance both internally and externally.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

• Provide technical support to the Sales force in the areas of bearing design, design improvements, customer support, production support and review of new applications.
• Works with customers to resolve technical problems and makes technical presentations with the Sales Engineers at target accounts.
• Review of new applications and provide technical solutions to ensure product performance.
• Responsible for the conceptual design engineering of new products, special products and contribute to the improvement of existing products and manufacturing methods to meet customer demands.
• Technical consultant on product design, application and service problems, quality deviations and material and parts substitution. Assists in the technical education of sales trainees and personnel of other departments.
• Functions as an engineering consultant to manufacturing on problems related to the manufacture of the company’s products.
• Provides product design requirements to product designers assigned to specific projects and assures that all detail process step drawings are in conformance to the requirements and technical specifications.
• Establishes bearing testing requirements and test plans and reports test results to customers to gain product approval.
• Responsible for establishing new products into the MRP AS400 system and creating the associated Bill-of-Material.
• Responsible for approving new product designs and releasing designs to manufacturing
• Supports lean enterprise activities in support of API Plant objectives.

EDUCATION:
• Bachelor’s degree with major in engineering field required

EXPERIENCE:
• 3-10 years as Mechanical Engineer or related experience.
• Bearing experience is preferred.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.

SKILLS / CERTIFICATIONS:
• Bachelors Degree in an engineering field. Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• US citizenship is required.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent communication skills, capability to interact with customers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Programs.
• Travel Approximately 15%

RBC Bearings is an Equal Opportunity Employer