At a Glance
Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Design Engineer to join the Wiremold Team in West Hartford, CT.
Responsible for the design of new products for the Wire and Cable Management business. The Design Engineer II works in a cross-functional team environment to develop products from concept to production, as well as perform design maintenance on existing product lines. The Design Engineer II develops, evaluates, and validates product design, creates specification and documentation packages, preproduction builds, and transfers to production.
Main Job Duties:
1. Performs design and development work on new and existing products for use in electromechanical products. This includes reviewing, recommending, and appraising design work done by satellite facilities/vendors and the offshore design team.
2. Work with the Marketing Product Line Manager to develop the product specification. Gain consensus on design with marketing and manufacturing. Determine the appropriate codes and standards, testing requirements, end-user preferences and trends, and competitive product analysis.
3. Create sketches, 3D files, and prototype designs to provide different options to satisfy the product requirements and be used for customer feedback. Evaluate concepts to choose the best design for the business. Work with the offshore team to create final 3D models, assemblies, and drawings to refine, develop, and finalize the design.
4. Research, read, and understand competitive patents. Work with Patent Attorneys to avoid patent infringement. Protect the company's intellectual property by obtaining patents.
5. Refine and complete the design through modeling, prototyping, testing, analysis, piloting, and inspection of processes and first articles. Work closely with Advanced Manufacturing, Tool Shops, and Manufacturing to procure prototypes and production product components.
6. Oversee the completion of product documentation to support production, including engineering drawings and specifications, bills of materials, and quality requirements and testing.
7. Investigation and analysis of new materials, components, technology, and engineering practices.
8. Work with listing agencies to conduct and develop standards testing as required.
9. Managing projects to rapid and effective completion including spanning departmental gaps.
10. Performs other similar and related duties as required.
