Mechanical Design Engineer (Based at Kulim High Tech Park, Kedah)

Working at Watlow Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for over 100 years! Overview of Role • Interpret customer specifications, produce CAD models and supporting drawings, product documentation, design and fabricate tools; design and build equipment and prototypes; design and conduct experiments; design, gather and evaluate test results; produce test reports and other documentation. • MUST be willing to work at Kulim High Tech Park, Kedah Functional Contribution (Contribution Matrix) • Focuses on improving existing products or processes that impact technical area or local plant; • Actions impact primary team or product line; • Interacts with internal and external customers/suppliers; • Works under general supervision of more experienced employees or manager; • Ability to solve moderately complex problems, but may still require instruction and guidance on complex problems; • Able to translate concepts into designs and actions; • Understands and explains the design drawings to the operators; • Transfers the P/Ns from other Watlow sites to Malaysia in the ERP system; • Uses ECO in the PLM to make changes to the transferred products; • Tooling design for the product lines; • Lead or participate in the change control board; • Instructs, directs, and checks the work of less experienced employees; • Provides coaching and feedback to less experienced employees; • Is a team member on a major project or several smaller projects; • Prepares detailed specifications for work that is completed; • Responsible for the completion of a phase of a larger project; • Eventually may lead projects with small budgets or limited duration; • Identifies ways to reduce product, process, or project costs; • Knows and applies the concepts, practices and procedures in a technical specialty area; • Mastery of basic systematic/ creative problem solving tools/skills; • Basic understanding of lean product development tools and methods; • Has a thorough understanding of the business or function being supported Skills, Abilities and Mastery (Responsibility Matrix): Product & Process Documentation: • Reads and interprets customer specifications and drawings for moderately complex products; • Works independently to create and modify complex product and process designs using appropriate design specifications and trade-off curves; • Prepares 3D/2D CAD models and drawings for new parts and assemblies based on customer needs using Solidworks; • Develops product and process solution detail, standards, and associated documentation including trade-off curves; • Understands and applies knowledge capture and reuse methods; • Develops and updates regulatory and quality compliance documentation as needed. Testing and Evaluation: • Performs tests, inspections, and other evaluations of products and processes based on defined procedures and standards and create procedures and standards for these activities; • Creates and programs applications using appropriate software; • Performs failure analyses of production line and field products; • Contributes to resolution of manufacturability issues with production floor and Manufacturing; • Engineering for new products; • Works independently to create test reports; • Contributes to development of new manufacturing processes. Technical Support: • Serves as a subject matter expert in appropriate discipline area to provide technical support to engineers, designers, sales agents, customers and production; • Works with suppliers to get samples, order parts, and explore cost saving ideas; • Trains production employees on products, processes, procedures, and equipment. Administrative Activities: • Creates and assembles BOM, routing and other product attributes for all products designed to support PLM documentation and procedures and identify improvements where necessary; • Understands and follows all organization and department safety policies and procedures and identify improvements where necessary; • Issues tooling and materials purchasing requests; • Performs quality investigations and provides recommendations to address issues. Coaching / Mentoring: • Provides coaching and feedback to less experienced technicians and designers; • Conducts training and technical orientation for new employees Qualifications Must have: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and at least 3 years of industrial experiences in related field; • Demonstrated capability to read and interpret engineering drawings; • At least 2 years of experiences in Mechanical design, experience with 3D solid modeling software (Solidworks) is a plus; • Demonstrated understanding and practical application of electrical, thermal and basic metallurgical knowledge; • Good presentation skills; • Demonstrated knowledge of MS Office; • Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment; • Demonstrated capability to interact with design team, CART, account managers and sales to optimize a system solution for the customer; • Perform mental tasks such as critical decision making, organizing many topics, prioritizing work to align with business objectives and exercising good judgement; • Ability to communicate and interact with suppliers and customers effectively; • Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills; • Fluent in English both verbal and written. Additional success factors: • Project Management and Lean training/experience; • Knowledge of change control fundamentals and processes; • Flexibility to handle multiple projects of varying size and scope; • Thorough attention to details and documentation; • Proactive team player with a desire to build effective working relationships. Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone, and lead with service and humility.