Product Engineer, Beverage

Role Overview

• Participate in cross-functional teams to work seamlessly across disciplines as required to execute product initiatives
• Review relevant competitive products to provide benchmarking and analysis of technical specifications
• Perform and record competitive products testing and identifies design alternatives
• Recommend and present solutions and opportunities in forums to encourage ideation and technical sharing
• Identify cost and risks at the component and sub-assembly level to meet defined cost targets
• Develop the analysis of how sub-assembly level decisions impact the overall business strategy to facilitate design-for-cost
• Provide routine engineering, working autonomously on project teams with little to no guidance from more Senior Engineers to deliver well-engineered products
• Implement existing technologies on a project level to deliver products
• Use a disciplined approach and the appropriate methodology to analyze and determine the preferred solution to technical challenges
• Analyze test results to provide data for use in solving problems
• Develop optimal product test plans to validate design
• Summarize complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience to gain alignment
• Incorporate consumer and market insights to drive innovation and project execution
• Apply an understanding of product specifications, material selection, manufacturing processes, cost constraints, regulatory and legal landscape (intellectual property) to drive high quality, sustainable, and efficient NPD
• Recommend architecture of products and is accountable for the system to ensure robust end product designs
• May need to generate Computer Aided Design (CAD) models and uses other technical tools as needed to execute business projects/initiatives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, design, or related field.
• 1-3 years of engineering experience with a consumer hard-goods company
• Evidence of strong systematic problem-solving using proven methodologies
• Demonstrates experience with intellectual property and the patent process
• Assist in writing technical specifications for the development and implementation of new products, ECN’s, continuous improvement and VAVE efforts
• Track record of leading design work on at least one successfully launched durable consumer goods (on-time, on-cost, on-budget, on-specification)
• Knowledge of plastic, metal, electromechanical and/or glass production design and processing a plus
• Ability to understand 3D CAD and drawings
• Effective planning/organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task and set priorities.
• Provides technical support in solving post launch product warranty challenges.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Organizational and strategic agility
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, especially communication, exhibiting ability to express ideas precisely, persuasively, and effectively
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Tech Stack

• Assembly

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off