CAD Administrator/Design Engineer - Ferno : Job Details

This position supports FERNO's Global CAD Program and FERNO's Engineering Department in Wilmington, OH. FERNO designs and manufactures emergency pre-hospital patient handling products. Primary responsibilities of this position include: 1) CAD Administration for our nine global sites using SolidWorks and SolidWorks PDM platforms (50%), and 2) development and sustaining of new and existing products (50%).In this role you will collaborate closely with cross functional global team members in ensuring onboarding, maintenance, troubleshooting, and general CAD administration. The CAD Administrator will work with functional Information Technology leaders internal to FERNO Global, value-added resellers, and other vendors.In this role you will work closely with functional and cross functional US-based team members on emergency products, responsible for various portions of product development, product sustaining, quality assurance and manufacturing activities. The Design Engineer may collaborate with functional leaders internal to FERNO, contract engineering firms, contract manufacturers, and field service providers.RequirementsEssential Duties and Responsibilities CAD Administrator primary functions:

• Minimum of 10 (ten) years of experience with SolidWorks; CSWE preferred
• Minimum of 10 (ten) years of experience with SolidWorks PDM; CPAP preferred
• Experience and/or exposure to interfacing compatibilities between SolidWorks and Altium Designer and SolidWorks PDM and ERP systems
• Experience with SolidWorks Composer a plus
• Ability to work with Global IT liaisons to ensure new employee onboarding, maintenance, and troubleshooting; host executable files on collaborative drives as necessary; add/remove/modify permission levels as needed
• Management of FERNO's Global PDM Vault and basic understanding of hardware and software compatibility requirements to do so
• Management and proactive improvement of workflows tested first at FERNO Wilmington and then rolled out to global entities
• Assist IT with annual software upgrades globally
• Will require a flexible schedule across multiple international time zones, including occasional evening and weekend work
• Assist other team members as necessary on other platforms such as CAMWorks and DraftSight
• Manage the part number creation, model review, drawing review, and permission processes for FERNO Wilmington; assist with file structuring and rollback if necessary
• Experience with onboarding new ERP systems a plus

Design Engineer primary functions:

• Experience with BOM structuring, modeling configurations, and end item assembly drawings containing in excess of 500 components
• Creation of dummy models as requested by external final stage partners such as ambulance builders
• Creation of CAD renderings as requested by marketing personnel
• Experience with SolidWorks Simulation a plus
• Develop and refine concepts for new product design through optimal technology selection to meet or exceed commercial requirements; exposure to and/or basic understanding of principles associated with electro-mechanical/hydraulic devices
• Design and/or develop specifications for emergency handling equipment
• Exposure to or direct responsibility for the design of electrical assemblies
• Ability to choose material selections based on mating components
• Ability to produce professionally written technical descriptions, procedures, and instructions for internal and external process controls
• Experience with medical devices and/or ISO 13485 a plus; exposure to or ability to adapt to design/re-design of FDA, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, MDD 93/42/EEC, MDR compliant products
• Participate in Engineering Change Order and/or Phase-Gate processes for assigned programs to include QMS compliance

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, or other areas of study will be considered
• Education in other disciplines will be considered depending on experience
• Minimum of ten (10) years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

PHYSICAL/SAFETY/TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Job demands include prolonged sitting, may need to stoop, bend and stand as appropriate
• Requires coordination of hands and/or eye/hand/foot
• Meets cognitive demands to include visual discrimination/memory, auditory discrimination/memory reading ability, independent decision making and retention of specific knowledge
• Requires use of safety glasses in designated areas
• Ability to travel less than 5%

Ferno is an equal opportunity employer and that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status.