Position Description
Project assignments will be in the Product Performance Group. Functional responsibilities of the Group include establishing performance design parameters through experimental testing and correlation of actual test results to Performance Models in conjunction with Product Development activities.

The Engineer working in the Product Performance Group will develop and apply skills in experimental design, data analysis through statistical regression and use current Performance Models for analysis. In addition, the traditional acquired engineering skills will be applied as part of the Product Development function.

IBM VM/CMS & Dec VAX interactive computer systems are available for the Engineer's use, as well as CADAM systems and personal computer systems for Data Acquisition and special applications.

Work assignments can be as diverse as establishment of Product Performance improvements for a new design/production process, developing Data Acquisition programs for experiments or developing performance analysis models.

Successful handling of project work, combined with on-the-job training, generally leads to more complex assignments dealing with Product Development.

Job responsibilities will involve contact with people in many areas of The Timken Company including Marketing, Quality Assurance, Bearing Operations and Process Development as examples.