Product Design Assurance Engineer

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Spectrum Safety Solutions:

With approximately 1,400 employees operating in more than 20 countries, Spectrum Safety Solutions is a global leader in fire detection and suppression solutions for high-hazard applications across verticals such as critical infrastructure, oil and gas, marine and clean energy. Our global team leverages strong customer relationships across four recognized brands, Det-Tronics, Marioff, Autronica, and Fireye, to deliver differentiated lifecycle solutions and advance growth across key segments. Carved out from Carrier’s Fire & Security business in July 2024, Spectrum Safety Solutions is now a privately-held company under the ownership of Sentinel Capital Partners.

Det-Tronics:
We make the world a better place to live! At Spectrum’s Det-Tronics, we build and maintain comfortable, accessible, efficient, healthy, safe, secure, and sustainable environments. Det-Tronics is a $180M technologically innovative, projects-based global brand protecting customers in many challenging environments with high end flame and gas detection products and systems. Det-Tronics is a part of Spectrum Safety Solutions and has a global footprint with manufacturing sites in the U.S. and sales presence in all key geographies.

Position Summary:

The Product Design Assurance Engineer ensures product design quality and robustness trough the difference phases of a product development process. The Design Assurance Engineer is support the Engineering team in following internal or external process and guidelines, and if missing define such process and train the team. They work cross-functionally and build strong working relationships with employees across different business functions including quality, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, customer service and product management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with PMO and Engineering team to ensure effective and efficient implementation of PDP (product development process)
• Work cross-functionally and build strong working relationships with employees across business functions including quality, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, customer service and product management
• Ensure that product development teams are meeting quality and safety standards of product design
• Lead DFMEA process and guide engineering team to create FMEA for new design and updating existing designs
• Participate in design reviews, change management process, and ensure design robustness before handing over design to production
• Participate in the development, maintenance and interpretation of policies and standard work for engineering and coordinate their implementation
• Support and contribute to product requirements development on projects
• Proactively promote continuous improvement to improve product quality
• Contribute to Carrier Quality and EH&S goals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• 2+ years of Product development experience preferably in industrial, automotive or fire equipment industries engineering
• At least 1 year experience with Design or Process FMEA’s
• At least 1 year experience with root cause analysis

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in software or electrical engineering
• Excellent presentation skills to effectively communicate to different stakeholders complex topics
• Experience with Excel, statistical analysis software such as Minitab, and other engineering analysis tools
• Experience with product development processes (e.g. phase gate structured)
• Experience with quality tools & methods (e.g. Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen)
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, while also able to manage multiple projects & priorities
• Familiar with ISO9001, engineering standards, automotive quality standards and similar quality systems and processes