Product Expert - Agriculture

Our client is a large-scale manufacturing company, among the leaders in its field and of international repute, specializing in the manufacture of parts and components of road vehicles and off-road vehicles for use in recreation, agriculture, construction, industry, defence, and the automotive industry. They are currently looking for a product expert - agriculture.

Nature of position

Answering to Engineering Service Head, your primary responsibilities will be to develop rubber/elastomer products for the agricultural sector, both for new platforms and for new applications of and improvements to existing products.

• Work with various teams (engineering, technical, technological, corporate, and clients) in order to work out innovative solutions for optimization challenges for existing products and to develop new applications;
• Establish objectives and performance criteria for the product to be developed;
• Carry out preliminary feasibility and engineering studies in order to measure the scope of projects;
• Lead concept development and evaluation activities, define specifications of new tracks and manage the creation of technical drawings;
• Ensure that required performance levels are met by evaluating failure modes (DFMEA);
• Coordinate the manufacture of prototypes with the factories;
• Establish plans for validation/qualification, attend trials and evaluate how well product performance objectives have been met (DVP&R);
• Solve durability, performance, and manufacturing issues and manage related engineering changes;
• Statistically evaluate the fatigue life for the solutions developed;
• Support clients and factories in the resolution of problems related to your products;
• Help improve engineering practices and design standards within the agricultural product development group.

Required qualification

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or other relevant education;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the area of product development;
• Experience developing products in the field of land vehicles or rubber / elastomer products is considered an asset;
• Skilled with mechanical statistics and calculations;
• Skill with finite element analysis (Abacus, Ansys, HyperWorks, or other) is an asset;
• Knowledgeable of product processes and development;
• Highly fluent in spoken and written English;
• Able to draw together creative ideas and work towards concrete solutions;
• Aware of client needs (manufacturers and final users) and of opportunities (applications, technologies);
• Available to take short international trips (primarily to the U.S.).

Education / training

Bachelor in mechanical engineering

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