Emerge, a global talent solutions company, is currently recruiting qualified candidates for a direct hire Product Engineer position in Hampton, VA for our client, a a growing manufacturing company comprised of innovators and makers. The Product Engineer is a key player in optimizing dimensional characteristics and tooling related to the foundry/casting process. As a Product Engineer, you will collaborate with a Process Engineer to ensure the highest yield and lowest overall cost product, meeting, or exceeding customer-defined quality requirements. This role involves both new development and production castings, requiring strong communication skills to work seamlessly with engineers and the manufacturing team. Our client offers a competetive salary that is based on years of experience in engineering and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes retirement savings plan with match, 401K with match, relocation assistance, and more. This position offer a base salary of $80-$10,000 per year, bpnus program and excellent benefits that start day one. Relocation assistance is available. 

Responsibilities for the Product Engineer Job in Hampton, VA include:

• Oversee manufacturing tooling design, construction, and implementation.
• Optimize dimensional yields of castings at minimum manufacturing cost.
• Create manufacturing routing and processing instructions.
• Develop and debug processes for production and developmental castings.
• Prepare First Article Inspections to qualify parts.
• Actively pursue the continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Provide technical support to customers and interact regarding technical concerns.
• Comply with all company attendance policies and guidelines, including regular attendance and some overtime.
• Effectively write work instructions, reports, business correspondence, and procedures.
• Present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and/or customers.
• Apply mathematical operations to tasks such as frequency distribution, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations with limited standardization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering is preferred; Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university or a four-year non-engineering degree with equivalent work-related experience.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States. U.S. person status as defined by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
• Must be able to: Read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and drawings.
• Investment casting experience is preferred.
• Proficiency in Solid Works and NX CAD.
• Minitab/statistics knowledge and strong Excel capabilities.
• Technical manufacturing experience.
• Experience in tooling design and/or dimensional inspection/Metrology.

About Emerge:

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