Product Engineering

Pay or shift range: $62,400 CAD to $85,800 CAD.

The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Napoleon leads the way with innovative engineering, advanced manufacturing techniques, unsurpassed customer service and remarkable product quality. Our award-winning products offer a best-in-class experience for all customers’ home comfort needs. While we are proudly Canadian, Napoleon is also fortunate to operate on a world-wide scale.

The warmth and experience that Napoleon product brings to the homes of our customers transcends borders, language, and cultures to elevate everyday experiences, so you love being home. Throughout North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Napoleon creates memorable moments through our stunning designs and innovative technologies.

This posting is for an existing permanent vacancy and is actively being recruited for.

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Job Purpose: Create a product design that fulfills the Company's strategic goals while integrating the needs of marketing, sales and manufacturing departments. Product Engineering designs and develops from concept new and improved appliances, drafts specifications for components, assemblies and manufacturing, directs the creation of prototype models or samples and fine‑tunes designs until they are ready for production.

Plan and manage multiple new product developments from initial concepts through to mass production, ensuring technical requirements, deadlines and cost targets are achieved, and maintain/upgrade current product line‑up, where necessary, to maintain relevance in the market. Collaborate closely with Validation Manager.

Ensure an “on‑time” and effective production launch, collaborating, where applicable, with the Project Launch Manager.

• Assist Product or Engineering Manager with the specification of market requirements (physical, technical and aesthetic) for current and future products by conducting comprehensive market research, supported by on‑going visits/meetings to/from customers, (internal and external) and non‑customers, (associations, bodies, etc.).
• Make recommendations based on research for the development and ongoing maintenance of a detailed and overarching product portfolio strategy and product roadmap.
• Provide and maintain an in‑depth analysis for all aspects of market, industry, regulatory environment and competition.
• Develop hands‑on, in‑depth knowledge of competitive products, organising relevant benchmarking and maintaining technical analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses of current and planned product portfolio.
• Support market assessments and competitive analyses to identify product opportunities whether new or redesigned to address different/future needs.
• Research to be conducted both independently and collaboratively with other cross functions.
• Define the technical concept that will meet the technical requirements, aesthetics and target production cost.
• Review the design to ensure progress to technical goals and deadlines.
• Ensure that design and peer reviews are completed prior to each stage gate and after each test phase.
• Document all issues and where necessary define recovery plans to resolve.
• Ensure design for manufacture, design for service and design for installation are optimised during development, including obtaining cross‑functional input, (internal and external) and personally validating the suitability of the product. Work with Validation team and Customer Solutions to analyse similar products to understand and implement product improvements and, where applicable, solicit end‑customer feedback. Conduct risk‑assessments and recommend appropriate plans.
• Focus on design to cost, initiating the necessary activities throughout the development process to establish production costs and take corrective actions as necessary to achieve target cost. This includes consistently estimating and then maintaining cost from conception to production. Work with the cross‑functional team and, where applicable, the project launch…