Principal Product Development Engineer

Job Summary

The Expert New Product Development Engineer is responsible for developing, evaluating, and modifying new product designs in support of customer and product requirements. This position is responsible for ensuring designs efficiently utilize quality and cost-effective materials, account for production capabilities, and align with the company's commitment to producing top-quality, durable bedding.

Essential Duties, Responsibilities, and Key Results Area

• Lead cross-functional product development teams dedicated to ensuring the product meets the organization's key metrics for cost/quality/timing
• Translate customer requirements from marketing into measurable product and technical requirements
• Develop test plans based on DFMEA, customer requirements, internal quality standards, and regulatory/EHS guidelines
• Conduct component testing, prototype trials, and full-scale validation builds and testing
• Create product, component, and cover specifications to fully document product designs
• Conduct cross-functional technical design reviews to ensure technical community alignment on status of product design
• Ensure compliance to the NPD tollgate process; collaborate with other functional resources at each step of the process and report-out at tollgate presentations to leadership
• Support new production processes and launches to ensure product is manufactured according to design, safety, and quality specifications
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers
• Lead innovation activities for the NPD team. Support NPD leadership initiatives for continuous improvement and lessons learned activities
• Assist in NPD initiatives, communicate with NPD team and other resources as required to support product development initiatives and rollout
• Provide design and technical expertise as needed

Salary Range

$95,000 - $135,000

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Textile, or Industrial Engineering (or other related Engineering discipline)
• 8+ years of experience in an engineering or operations organization delivering and maintaining consumer products

Internal and External Interfaces

• Member of Global Product Development as part of the New Product Development team
• Internal Partners: Sourcing, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing, Consumer Design