PRODUCT ENGINEER

Company: Air Products
Location: Allentown
Posted on: September 14, 2020

Job Description:

Job Title

PRODUCT ENGINEER

05-Aug-2020

Req No.

28025BR

Job Description and Qualifications

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases, has an immediate opening for a Product Engineer.

The Hydrogen Energy Systems (HES) Product Engineer is responsible for providing a broad range of technical support and product development for projects, customers, operations and the HES business area. The role of the HES product engineer to drive product competitiveness and productivity within (Air Products) APCI via product sustaining and new product development activities though technical and work process knowledge and expertise. A high degree of team building, collaboration and influence is required.

Projects primarily involve automotive fueling stations, but the intent is also to support fueling of other equipment such as forklifts, aircraft, ships, etc.

Several automakers, most notably Toyota, Hyundai, and Honda, are introducing mass-market hydrogen fuel cell cars. These automakers are bringing new technology to market to meet emissions reduction targets mandated by regulations worldwide. These vehicles will need a widespread network of 700 bar (10000 psig) hydrogen fueling stations for successful consumer acceptance.

In addition to the hydrogen fueling stations, Air Products is also actively building the facilities required to produce, compress, and deliver the hydrogen required by these fuel stations. Air Products business plan is to generate revenue and profit by selling hydrogen fueling stations and by supplying hydrogen molecules to those stations for the long term. The automotive deployment, and its impact to hydrogen sales, is scaling very rapidly. It is expected that hydrogen sales to this market will continue to grow at an accelerated rate to meet this emerging market for the conceivable future.

Principal Accountabilities:

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• Implementation of product development programs, technical and economic evaluations, cost and schedule improvements, work process improvements and bid/project team support by implementing hydrogen fuel station products to meet customer requirements.
• The role is also responsible for implementation of HES product life cycle cost reduction programs which address the cost of non-conformance
• The person will interface with APCI marketing, commercial, technology, engineering, procurement and operations team members and key equipment suppliers.
  
  
  Role and Responsibilities
  
  The role is responsible to:
  
  
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  • Develop HES Products to achieve specific business objectives using the integrated Product-Based Approach
  • Complete functional engineering requirements to support product development from product strategy through conceptual design to commercialization
  • Achieve reduction in the unit cost of hydrogen dispensed
  • Manage HES product development programs on-budget and on-schedule
  • Achieve reduction in the unit cost of hydrogen dispensed
  • Achieve low capital cost baseline
  • Support reliability improvement and maintenance cost reduction
  • Batch process fueling Simulation and station sizing for storage, compression, and process cooling.
  • Equipment specification, P&ID and design development
  • Develop construction and modularization strategy
  • Develop global sourcing strategies
  • Product life cycle cost improvements
    
    
    The role is responsible for producing the following product deliverables:
    
    
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    • Participation in Product Strategy Development
    • Position Papers - Technical/Economic Evaluations
    • Technical Risk Management Documents
    • Product Definition Documentation
    • Work Process Documentation
    • Product First-Time Engineering Documentation
    • Product Commercialization Documentation
    • Product Life Cycle Cost Documentation
      
      
      Qualifications/Skills:
      
      
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      • Candidates should have a BS in Engineering with 3-8 years of experience.
      • The individual will bring experience and capability in functional engineering skills in one or more areas to include, machinery, vessel engineering, piping design, systems engineering, and process engineering
      • Experience in the following areas is preferred -- HYCO technology, Product Engineering, Capital Project Engineering, Project Development Engineering and CI capabilities.
      • The successful candidate will have strong combination of commercial acumen and product engineering innovation to drive the correct balance between product cost reduction and performance.
      • The product engineer should have good team building, communication and influencing skills as the product engineer interfaces with APCI marketing, commercial, engineering, procurement and operations and other key suppliers.
      • The individual should be able to collaborate and interface across many APCI managers and functional groups, chair product stage gate review meetings and support the bid/project teams to complete product deployment, first-time engineering and commercialization.
        
        
        We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those applicants who are being considered for an interview, or are currently employed by Air Products, will be contacted.
        
        To learn more, visit About Air Products
        
        Air Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.) All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
        
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        Employment Type
        
        North America - Exempt
        
        Employment Status
        
        Full Time
        
        Type of Relocation Benefits Provided
        
        Domestic
        
        Location
        
        US-PA-Allentown
        
        Country
        
        United States
        
        Region
        
        North America
        
        Organization
        
        Global Industrial Gases
        
        Business Sector / Division
        
        Industrial Gases Americas
        

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