Product Designer

Arconic is currently in search of a Product Designer to join our Kawneer Business in Alpharetta, GA.

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for all design aspects of new fenestration products which includes redesign and enhancements to existing products.

In this role, you will

• Key member of New Product Development team.
• Lead design efforts in the development and enhancement of fenestration systems.
• Collaborate with other Product Designers in their assigned projects.
• Develop conceptual designs, prototypes, and final product engineering documentation.
• Assist with the development of Technical Brief(s) to assure compliance to project definitions.
• Coordinate the engineering support documentation with the Drafting team.
• Collaborate with the Technical Authors and Illustrators in the development of technical literature documentation (Installation Instructions and other customer facing documentation).
• Good verbal communication skills (need to be able to communicate within the team).
• Create and generate engineering change orders.
• Collaborate with product manufacturing, procurement, and outside suppliers.
• Participate and oversee test unit installation and product testing (hands-on which could include but not limited to kneeling, squatting, reaching overhead, pushing, pulling, and lifting-up to 40lbs and using a ladder). Requirement to adhere to the company EHS policy.
• Expected overnight travel requirement 25 to 30%. (This could be for several weeks).
• Collaborate with product manufacturing and institute Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles.

Also note

• Competency modeling in Inventor and drafting in AutoCAD.
• Experience creating new products based on market needs, systems design, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to work on projects with several unknown elements and different aspects of conceptual design.
• Capacity to analyze and develop solutions for technical problems.
• Ability to estimate the design effort for specific tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with other Designers, Drafters and Technical Authors.
• Ability to work based on industry engineering standards, company specific work instructions and department procedures.
• Proven design creativity record.

You have

• Associate degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited institution or minimum 2 years of experience as a designer in the building/construction industry.
• Minimum 2 years experience working in product design.
• Minimum 2 years of working experience with 3D modeling in Inventor and 2 years of experience with 2D drafting in AutoCAD.
• Experience with Autodesk Vault environment.
• Experience with MS Office suite.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, structural or civil engineering or architecture.
• 3 years or more of experience in designing windows, doors, curtain wall or storefront systems.
• Knowledge of fenestration industry codes and standards.
• Knowledge of thermal simulations using Therm software.
• Knowledge of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using Inventor or other software.