Product Engineer Mechanical

About Us

Dymax, part of the Bachmann Chemical & Engineering family of brands is based out of Torrington, Connecticut. Dymax is globally recognized as a pioneer in the development of light-curable adhesives and curing equipment. Today, our expansive portfolio of innovative adhesives, coatings, and maskants are supported by dispense solutions and cutting-edge UV and LED light-curing equipment. Unlike our competitors who supplying standard products, Dymax focuses on the customer experience by tailoring solutions that help customers lower costs, reduce their carbon footprint, improve efficiency, and drive profitability. Our focus on being a customer intimate organization has led us to where we are today: a rapidly expanding force within our industry, an innovative product portfolio, extraordinary employees, and a bright future based on creating quality offerings with a dedication to business growth.

About You

We’re seeking a result-focused, innovative, self-driven, and well-qualified individual to join our talented team as our Product Engineer Mechanical. Working onsite in our Torrington Connecticut location, you will lead mechanical product design within Dymax’s curing equipment range by balancing expertise in analytical engineering fundamentals with creativity, innovation, and proof-of-concept prototyping.  Also, by project managing electromechanical product development from concept to commercial release.

Responsibilities:

• Develop curing and dispensing equipment that drives strategic growth initiativesby designing innovative concepts that lead to commercialized new products or technology.
• Serve as a technical leader in stage-gate projectsby authoring technical specifications, and by maintaining engineering data, documentation and collateral that achieves project deliverables and supports product Design History Files (DHF).
• Sustain legacy product lines by implementing Engineering Change Request (ECR), cost reduction programs, and Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VAVE) initiatives.  Also, by performing hands-on lab testing for the analysis of field failures, and resolving customer’s technical issues.
• Deliver on high-quality products to market goalsby leading and enforcing robust DFMEA reviews, anticipating product risk, and eliminating customer field issues.
• Utilize established engineering principles for design verificationby performing simulations, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing analysis, thermal transfer analysis, and reviewing mechanical and optoelectronic parameters.
• Foster an environment that openly shares work ideas and routinely seeks feedbackby serving as an internal customer advocate, proactively collecting feedback from project stakeholders, and coordinating design reviews.
• Maintain product competitive advantageby researching up-and-coming technologies, and conducting benchmarking of other UV curing equipment systems and subsystems in the industry.
• Foreshorten development time and enhance product performanceby delivering actionable results through the synthesis of data and engineering fundamentals.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in mechanical product development
• BS Engineering or equivalency
• Good knowledge of 3D CAD and PDM/PLM systems such SolidWorks Mechanical and SolidWorks EPDM Vault
• Working in office and engineering laboratory environments
• Electromechanical or optomechanical experience or knowledge of UV- and LED-curing equipment advantageous
• Have a thirst for knowledge, ideate quickly, and thrive in team-based development cycles.
• Expertise in manufacturing processes such as sheet-metal fabrication, stampings, machined components, cabling and wire harness construction, and printed circuits boards fabrication.
• Expertise in design for manufacturability and design for assembly

Benefits

Our company offers its employees:

• Attractive salaries
• Personal growth opportunities
• Excellent benefits packages that include:

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401K)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Generous Paid Time Off and Public Holidays
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Free uniforms and footwear
• Training & Development
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness Resources

Salary Range: $95,000-142,000

Our company takes the compensation of its employees very seriously and considers several factors when determining the total compensation package including but not limited to location, market range, skills, knowledge, experience, and abilities. The base salary range represents the low and high end of our company's salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range. The range listed is just one component of our company's total compensation packages for employees.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, domestic violence status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.