Product engineering refer to the process of designing and developing a device, assembly, or system such that it be produced as an item for sale through some product
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...
process. Product
engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
usually entails activity dealing with issues of cost, producibility, quality, performance, reliability, serviceability, intended lifespan and user features. These product characteristics are generally all sought in the attempt to make the resulting product attractive to its intended
market and a successful contributor to the business of the organization that intends to offer the product to that market. It includes design, development and transitioning to manufacturing of the product. The term encompasses developing the concept of the product and the design and development of its
hardware and
software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
At the lowest programming level, executable code consist ...
components. After the initial design and development is done, transitioning the product to manufacture it in volumes is considered part of product engineering.
For example, the engineering of a
digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory. Most cameras produced today are digital, largely replacing those that capture images on photographic film. Digital cameras are now widely incorporated into mobile devices ...
would include defining the feature set, design of the optics, the physical, aesthetic and
ergonomic design
Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...
of the packaging, developing the various electrical and mechanical component for the capture, processing and storage of image and developing the software that allows the user to see the pictures, store them in memory and download them to a
computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations ( computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These prog ...
.
Product engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with both design and manufacturing aspects of a product.
Area of responsibility
* Product engineers define the yield road map and drive the fulfillment during ramp-up and volume production,
* Identify and realize measures for yield improvement, test optimization and product cost-ability methods,
* Define qualification plan and perform feasibility analysis.
Product engineers are the technical interface between the component development team and the production side (Front End and Back End), especially after the development phase and qualifications when the high volume production is running.
Product engineers improve the product quality and secure the product reliability by balancing the cost of tests and tests coverage that could impact the production fall-off. They support failure analysis request from customers.
Knowledge and skills
The job requires the product engineer to have a very good working knowledge of:
* Statistical methods and tools
* Manufacturing process
* Software, hardware and systems implementation
* Product reliability and qualification
* Physical analysis methods
*
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve co ...
and simulation programs
* Specific technology
* Strong product Knowledge
* Strong analytic work methodology and problem solving skills
* Continuous Improvement Knowledge
Tools
A product engineer will use a wide range of tools and software, possibly including:
20/20, AutoCad, CATIA, PTC Creo, Solidworks, Unigraphics, Labview, JMP, DataConductor.
See also
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Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information an ...
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Process engineering
Process engineering is the understanding and application of the fundamental principles and laws of nature that allow humans to transform raw material and energy into products that are useful to society, at an industrial level. By taking advantage ...
References
External links
Application note "Yield Learning Flow Provides Faster Production Ramp"
Tutorial about yield impact
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Semiconductor device fabrication
Electronic engineering
Engineering disciplines