Product Development Engineer

Join a top manufacturer where your ideas come to life in the design and development of advanced high-tech dental equipment. Enjoy competitive pay and an excellent benefits package while working with a team creating top-of-the-line products. Take advantage of working with an organization offering room for growth and advancement.

DENTALEZ is seeking a Product Development Engineer to join our team in Lancaster, PA.

Why join the DENTALEZ team:

• Competitive Compensation!
• Excellent Benefits : Including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with up to 7% match, Generous PTO (11 paid holidays, 15 days of paid time off), flexible spending account, life insurance, long and short-term disability, AD&D, employee assistance program, other optional insurance plans, and more!
• Great Schedule: Monday through Friday
• Advancement: There are opportunities to move up within the entire DentalEZ organization.
• Company Culture : Every employee is highly valued and able to make real change within the organization. At DENTALEZ, you can guarantee that you will be heard.
• Work Atmosphere : DENTALEZ offers a very collaborative work environment. Rather than being chained to a desk, you will enjoy supporting a variety of clients and working with all departments throughout the company.
• Training: Enjoy comprehensive, hands-on training with senior staff members who will provide all the knowledge you need to succeed!

Requirements:

• Minimum of a four- year technical degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Three to eight years’ experience in a regulated, stage gate product development process.
• Proficient with Creo 3D solid modeling
• Strong knowledge of machined products, quality assurance standards, fits and the ability to interpret mechanical drawings
• Experience designing products within a manufacturing environment with project leadership responsibility
• Experience with developing parts for Swiss turn lathes, small components, small bearings and other small assemblies with tight tolerancing a plus.

Responsibilities

• Experience within an FDA registered facility or ISO 9000/9001:
• Collaborate with Marketing and other Engineering support areas to provide input for new product concepts based upon functional requirements provided by sales and marketing as well as personal innovation.
• Translate customer functional requirements into engineering design requirements.
• Coordinate the collection of new product ideas and incorporate this information into drawings or schematics through modeling in Creo, AutoCAD or other associated CAD software.
• Assist in the design of 3-D models of components and assemblies and define the relationships (tolerances between components) for various mechanical parts and systems.
• Translate 3-D models into component or assembly drawings utilizing appropriate ISO or ANSI drafting standards, including coordinate or GTD tolerancing.
• Prepare and approve product design and test plans, manage design reviews and recommend adequate changes to the approved models before actual role out of new products.
• Perform part/assembly tolerance stacks as required.
• Support the reduction of cost related issues of excess scrap and variance.
• Evaluate existing designs for performance and/or manufacturing enhancements and improved product reliability and manufacturability.
• Initiate, process and release ECO's including BOM, drawings, specifications and item maintenance updates.
• Make changes to existing drawings utilizing standardized rev control methods.
• Develop and author test protocols and conduct testing for design verification and compile validation reports.
• Work with Regulatory to help prepare documentation for 510(k) approval.
• Maintain Design History File (DHF) for all products, including risk analysis and project plans.
• Communicate with QA, engineering and manufacturing regarding new and revised prints.
• Initiate solutions to quality related problems via the change control procedure.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues as required.
• Update and maintain the local departmental drafting and engineering standards as requested.

About the Company: DENTALEZ® produces dental operatory systems, including cabinets, patient chairs, and delivery equipment used in the dental office. This doctor and patient-friendly equipment creates an ergonomically sound, hygienic and organized work environment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veteran status.