Summer Intern - Electrical Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

New Product Development Engineer, Electrical OMG Inc. is a leading manufacturer of fastening products and technologies for the commercial roofing and construction industries worldwide. Headquartered in western Massachusetts, OMG is an equal opportunity employer prioritizing the safety of our employees and customers. The company values integrity, teamwork, diversity, trust, respect, commitment, and a passion for excellence. OMG is a global company operating manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Minnesota.

 

Position Overview

OMG currently operates in two Divisions: OMG Roofing Products and FastenMaster®. OMG Roofing Products is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of value-added components for the commercial roofing industry. The FastenMaster Division manufactures and markets innovative, premium quality wood-to-wood fasteners that are engineered to enable professional contractors to complete building projects safer, faster, and easier. The OMG Product Development and Innovation team is focused on developing compelling and innovative new products, and improving our existing products to better meet the needs of professional contractors and building specifiers in the markets we serve. The Product Development Engineer will become part of a team that uses a gated development process and Six Sigma tools to bring a project from ideation to commercialization and launch.

Qualifications

Position Responsibilities

• Promote Safety as the Number One Priority of all OMG employees.

• Work with Project Manager and Product Manager to define project scope.

• Conduct jobsite Gemba with Product Manager to identify current practices, define Job To be Done (JTBD), uncover unmet needs, and review any relevant existing Intellectual Property.

• Apply New Product Development tools to prioritize Critical to Quality (CTQ) targets.

• Identify and acquire internal and external development resources to generate potential solutions that meet project demands.

• Bring potential solutions through NPD stage gate process while continuously narrowing focus toward best potential concepts for commercialization.

• Design experiments and testing process to evaluate effectiveness of potential concepts.

• Define and conduct FMEA to maximize potential success of new product.

• Minimize solution cost / maximize potential value and profitability.

• Help manage Intellectual Property Strategy from Provisional to Final Patent.

• Ensure manufacturability of selected solution for commercialization.

• Work with Manufacturing Engineering team to develop a manufacturing transition strategy.
• Success will be measured in terms of final design performance against project targets, and the creation of any new intellectual property.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Solid Modeling experience – SolidWorks preferred

• New product development experience

• Curious – Naturally enthusiastic about learning how things work

• Demonstrated hands-on aptitude

• Stage Gate development process training and experience

• Strong PC skills including Microsoft Office suite

• Applied statistics

• Creative, tenacious and a problem solver

• Self-starter, highly motivated, strong sense of personal accountability

• A commercial perspective that drives projects to successful completion

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

• Positive attitude, good judgment and strong sense of responsibility, ownership and loyalty.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to operate a motor vehicle while maintaining focus on safe driving and avoiding all distractions when behind the wheel, especially cell phones.

• Ability to walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance; and occasionally lift/push/pull/carry up to 25 pounds.

Must be able to complete all essential job functions listed in the position responsibilities, with or without reasonable accommodation.