Ben Hein

About Ben Hein

Proven product development team leader and individual contributor with over 28 years engineering experience(17 consumer product & outdoor industry, 11 automotive). Creative, innovative, analytical, hand’s-on, grounded and driven to lead teams in the pursuit of developing meaningful high-quality products that bring joy to people’s day, and maybe even help them a bit to reach their goals and dreams. Passionate about engineering and new product development, and doing so in a fun, collaborative, thriving and team-focused environment. A big fan of company culture with a work-hard/play-hard (work/life balance) ethos. Career, in summary:A Fast Start -> AutomotiveMy Heart -> Outdoor Products & Consumer GoodsBlending the Two -> A Double Win!Right at Home With- Engineering Department Architecture & Start-Up- Mechanical Engineering & Product Design- Plastic Injection Molding, Joining- Electro-Mechanical System Integration- Die-Cast & Investment Casting (Al, Mg, Ti)- Machined Components & Gearing- Stampings & Formed Metal Parts- Extruded Aluminum- Vacuum Forming, Lamination & Specialty Processes- Materials Selection & Processing- Manufacturing Process & Tooling Development- 3D Printing & PrototypingGoals- To Mentor, Inspire & Position those around me (and thus the business) for ultimate success- To Continue Leading, Learning & Getting Better- To Create and Deliver high-quality, fun & purposeful products- To HAVE FUN doing all of the aboveSpecialties- Consumer & Industrial Product Design Engineering- Offshore & Domestic Manufacturing and Tooling Development- Engineering & Design Project Management: Concept thru Production- SolidWorks to Current ReleaseOutside of work, I find my joy cycling, snowboarding, in the mountains, traveling, adventuring outdoors and combining it all with VW vans, music & self growth.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Hydro Flask

   Sep 2018 — Present · Bend, OR, US

Education

• North Dakota State University

  BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1996

• North Dakota State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1996

Skills

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Pro Engineer
• Continuous Improvement
• Design for Manufacturing
• Machine Tools
• Design Engineering
• Computer-Aided Design (Cad)
• Fmea
• Cad
• Automotive
• Engineering Management
• Finite Element Analysis
• Outdoor Industry
• Product Design
• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Product Development
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Machining
• Gd&T
• Engineering
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Process Engineering
• Industrial Design
• Solid Modeling
• Mechanical Engineering
• Sheet Metal
• Injection Molding