Senior Product Development Engineer

Company Description

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

Job Description

As the Sr. Product Engineer, you will work with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and validate product changes from concept to launch. You will become a subject matter expert and serve as a mentor for new talent. Your design work will support our continuous improvement and cost reduction agendas to improve the health of our business. 

YOUR ROLE:

• Learn and apply lean product development tools, systematic problem solving and critical thinking to new continuous improvement projects. 
• Successfully execute the development and implementation of product changes
• Understand and actively manage system design requirements, conduct system DFMEA’s, design reviews and utilize other robust engineering practices such as DOE’s, tolerance stackups, limit testing, FEA, etc. to bring new products through production into the marketplace predictably.
• Liaison with supply chain personnel, vendors, and manufacturing staff for the specification and sourcing of raw materials, components and final products.
• Develop DVP’s, coordinate testing, and provide hands-on troubleshooting to ensure requirements are met.
• Assure product quality with thorough validation of production fabrication (via executing plant trials), assembly, and installation processes.
• Provide manufacturing and operations support during critical product launch phases.
• Work closely with the Quality department to address any outstanding internal and external quality and product issues.
• Support cross-functional team members by mentoring areas of expertise for technical questions and solutions in at least one engineering or product area
• Set examples for excellence in engineering practice and rigor by successfully coaching junior engineers inside and outside of peer reviews as well as design reviews.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) from an accredited university
• Minimum of 8 years product design and development experience
• New product development launch and Stage Gate experience
• Proven track record of delivering products and/or processes to launch with differentiated innovative fit form and function and/or reduced cost
• Experience with 3-D Parametric Solid Modeling (Solid Edge or Solid Works is a plus), Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) 
• Significant cross functional experience in interfacing with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing within product development, cost-out, continuous improvement and other business-led initiatives
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Strong strategic thinking skills
• Desire to work hands-on, prototype and troubleshoot proactively

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• M.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical)
• Solidworks certification
• Ability to perform tolerance stack-ups (using Sigmetrix or similar), review process capability and manage changes accordingly 
• Experience with extrusions (Aluminum and plastic, both single and co-extrusion) & similar manufacturing methods
• Experience with plastic materials (fiberglass composites, thermoplastics or similar preferred) & manufacturing methods such as injection molding
• Experience with weather seals and similar materials/profiles
• Predictive engineering and analysis experience using finite element analysis (FEA), hand calculation, or similar (Ansys, Abaqus, Solidworks FEA)
• Superior knowledge of applied mechanics
• Experience in vinyl windows and/or storm and entry doors, or building materials is a plus
• Experience with metals machining, casting, forging, and brazing
• Experience with DC motors
• Experience with water quality and water chemistry
• Experience in hardware (handle sets, hinges, etc.) is a plus
• Experience interfacing with intellectual property counsel

Additional Information

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $80,000 USD - $126,500 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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