Product Engineer

Responsibilities

• Resolve product related issues, including product design, feature enhancements, value engineering, installation, and applications.
• Works closely with Marketing, Sales, Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering, and purchasing.
• Implement strategic, multiple-plant, assigned product engineering projects via the engineering change process procedure.
• Completes other product engineering projects as assigned.
• Lead design engineer on projects with capital expenditures of up to $1,000,000.
• Initiate and implement product improvement and cost reduction ideas.
• Implement product changes and specification changes in a timely manner in conjunction with other functional areas throughout Clopay.
• Create detailed engineering analysis based on testing, experience, scientific theory, and engineering principles for use in the design and application of the product line or new product line extensions.
• Communicate product specifications and product changes to internal customers and help in communications to external customers.
• Use the Engineering Release/Notice procedure as the primary tool in accomplishing this task, however there is direct communications with external customers.
• Train and educate various internal and external customers on product offerings and product specifications.
• Internal customers include production, marketing, and sales.
• External customers include customers, consumers, and regulatory agencies (governmental, legal).
• Makes suggestions on available alternatives if possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• Engineer with minimum 4 years of experience in the building products industry or 6 years of other product engineering experience, with exposure to various types of manufacturing processes.
• Heavily involved in product design and specifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license a plus.
• Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology preferred.