We are seeking a skilled Product Development – Hydraulics Spiral Hose Design Engineer to join our Fluid Handling Solutions team in Aguascalientes, Mexico. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, development, and industrialization of high‑pressure spiral hydraulic hoses, ensuring that hose construction, materials, processes, and fittings are translated into robust product performance that meets customer and industry requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of spiral hydraulic hoses, including reinforcement architecture, layer construction, and dimensional definition
- Apply spiral hose design principles to meet pressure, impulse, fatigue, and durability requirements
- Develop spiral designs to balance mechanical performance, flexibility, and robustness while considering operating conditions, customer requirements, and applicable industry standards
- Translate spiral hose design concepts into industrialized solutions, ensuring manufacturability and process robustness for series manufacturing
- Define and evaluate material selections (rubber compounds, reinforcements, wire, covers) and its influence on process capability and product performance
- Interpret FEA simulations to support hose design and correlate simulation results with physical testing
- Create and maintain basic CAD designs for hoses and fittings, including interfaces and assembly considerations that influences systems performances
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing, process engineering, testing, and quality teams to ensure smooth design-to-production transfer
- Translate hose design, manufacturing processes, and fitting concepts into clear performance characteristics such as pressure rating, impulse life, flexibility, and durability
- Support product validation through testing analysis, failure investigations, and design optimization
- Support verification and validation activities, including test definition, problem solving and design optimization for continuous improvement
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including design guidelines, specifications, and technical reports
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards and customer requirements for hydraulic hose spiral products
- Provide technical support to internal stakeholders and production teams during industrialization and series production
- Provide technical support for spiral hoses process adaptation and ramp up