Design Engineer (Columbia, MD)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : Design Engineer

Location : Columbia, MD, USA

Reporting to : Manager of Project Engineering

Company : Tate

About Us :

At Tate we are passionate about everything we do. Tate has been recognized worldwide as an industry leader in the development and manufacture of data center infrastructure solutions, for over 60 years. We have expanded our manufacturing footprint across the US, Europe, Australia and are excited to have opened a new 287,000 sq. ft. manufacturing site in St. Paul, Virginia, and an additional 40,000 sq ft of manufacturing at our site in Belgium in Q1 2024 alone.

Our experienced team is expanding, and we are excited about our fresh, dynamic, and inclusive team of experts working collaboratively on projects, as we continue to stay ahead of the data center revolution. We continue to invest heavily in the best available manufacturing tools and equipment needed to adhere to Tate’s world class standards and our business remains committed to developing lower carbon, sustainable solutions, in keeping with our 10-year Planet Passionate sustainability strategy. We are excited to potentially welcome you as part of our team. Together, let's shape the future of data center infrastructure with innovation, excellence, and a passion for sustainable growth.

About the Role :

The Design Engineer manages new product creation, engineering changes, and qualification processes for data center products, bills of material, and labor routings for all new products and product changes via prototyping and actual manufacturing process performance analysis. They develop quotations for non-standard and new product pricing requests. The Design Engineer also maintains engineering drawings, specifications, and quality procedure documentation.

What You’ll Do

• Develops processes for new families of products with production, purchasing, quality, and operations teams.
• Proactively accounts for potential changes to designs and future-proofs where possible.
• Creates quotes for new design and maintains design history throughout quoting process.
• Maintains engineering drawings and specifications.
• Administers processes for new part number creation, bills of material / labor changes, and new product quote requests but not information related to MI%.
• Interprets project needs from customer, project manager, or architectural drawings and communicates feasibility, lead times, and potential challenges.
• Creates project submittal documents for approval of project design and details.
• Supports manufacturing team with new process development.
• Maintains awareness of individual contribution to and impact of the quality, safety, environmental, and product compliance policies and activities; reports all quality issues, unsafe acts, and unsafe conditions to the proper personnel.

Additional Expectation

What You’ll Bring

Employee Benefits

Tate is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. Come aboard as we champion diversity and inclusivity in the workplace!

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