Drafter, Thermal Solutions - Minco Products

Drafters collaborate with engineers throughout the product development life cycle to provide drafting and design support, creating and updating drawings, artwork and designs for production and prototype models.  Drafters will investigate product requirements and specifications, discussing potential changes with the engineers to resolve problems. They maintain critical CAD and tooling data, identifying problems and other challenges, and supplying critical communication on project work to peers in the department. Drafters provide timely and effective support to Engineers, Operations, Purchasing, and other internal teams as required.

Role:

• Provide timely technical support to engineering and production, to complete projects or respond to customer needs regarding product specifications, drawings, and other information. Provided support meets or exceeds Minco standards of excellence in quality, delivery, performance, innovation, capabilities, productivity, and profit-mindedness.
• Perform technical design tasks from engineering concepts including part modeling, drawing creation, and preparation of supporting documentation using CAD and CAM software, accurately.
• Collaborate with Design & Manufacturing Engineers, Process Engineers, Technicians, other departments, and external customers on new product designs.
• Design, output, verify and complete approvals for manufacturing tools including specification drawings, CAM outputs, tooling drawings, electrical schematics, and fixture drawings.
• Create circuit designs and layouts that meet customer requirements, mitigate design risk, and meet product performance expectations for Thermal Solutions and Flex Circuits teams.
• Actively participate in design reviews and make sound design decisions.
• Interact with suppliers on tooling designs and make design decisions that provide functional and cost-effective fixtures for product fabrication.
• Update records, documents, procedures, and system requirements regarding product introduction, and maintenance, such as drawings, designs, specifications, parts, and other product requirements.
• Contribute to the development of CAD libraries, standard templates, and drafting standards.
• Participate in the culture of continuous improvement within the department.
• Comply with department policies and procedures and applicable laws, rules, and regulations; seek management direction as required.
• Identify areas of improvement, and provide recommendations, and assist in implementing solutions using appropriate tools (e.g. databases, spread sheets, programming, automation, etc.).
• Implement in a successful and timely manner all program and service offerings approved by the collaborative work of Management, Engineering, Quality, and Product Marketing.
• Perform other duties as identified.

Skills:

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with fellow employees and management, providing the right amount of information in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to respond to and resolve questions and concerns.
• Ability to plan and organize the complete drawing package for a design project.
• Energetic self-starter, capable of accurately assessing situations and opportunities, performing firsthand observations of current state conditions, then implementing successful solutions in a timely manner with the guidance of department leaders.
• Successful and demonstratable ability to multi-task; to successfully support and oversee multiple activities simultaneously, using time management skills and exceptional organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently under conditions of changing priorities and multiple deadlines, completing actions by their due dates.
• Thrives working in a fast-paced, dynamic and multi-cultural work environment.
• Able to effectively build relationships with fellow employees and management.
• Able to contribute to continuous improvement project work teams.
• An eager learner, willing to and capable of assimilating new knowledge, and applying it appropriately to the job role.
• Able to read and understand ANSI/ASME standard mechanical drawings, schematics, and written work instructions.
• Ability to interpret and apply ASME Y14.5M and other industry standards and adopt new standards in the design process.
• Basic understanding of fixture design and GD&T, tolerance analysis.
• Possess a grasp of drafting and operational principles, practices, and standards, and proficient in applying understanding to day-to-day situations.
• Ability to understand basic electrical and mechanical principles.
• Demonstrated intermediate experience with Microsoft Office, Solidworks.
• Highly adaptable with a strong ability to quickly and effectively learn other CAD/CAM programs and new processes.

Work Experience:

• Experience using SolidWorks to model parts, create assemblies, and drawings.
• Experience performing mathematical calculations involving trigonometry and geometry.
• Ability to effectively translate CAD/CAM data between different software platforms (i.e. Altium, SolidWorks, DXF, IGES, and STP, Gerber)
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment with either AS9100 or ISO9001 based quality systems, interacting with engineers or other technical staff preferred.
• Familiarity with PCB circuit layout preferred.
• Familiarity with ECAD and PLM preferred.

Education:

• Minimum of an Associate degree in technically-oriented discipline (Engineering Technology, Drafting, Math, CAD, etc.), or equivalent certifications/work experience.

Work Environment:

• General office, engineering, and manufacturing environments.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Domestic Travel, less than one percent, as needed