Product Development Engineer

Position Summary

Position Summary

The Parker Filtration Innovation Center is seeking a highly motivated Product Development Engineer to design, develop, and validate innovative filtration products and technologies. This role will lead both independent development efforts and critical work streams within larger cross-functional programs, with an emphasis on new-to-the-world solutions supporting the filtration technology landscape.

The Product Development Engineer will apply sound engineering principles, structured product-development processes, and strong project-management discipline to transform concepts into validated, manufacturable products. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with multifunctional teams to meet performance, quality, cost, schedule, and customer requirements.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and validation of new products, components, and technologies from concept through commercialization.
• Drive project accountability activities for assigned programs, including maintenance of project documentation, schedules, financial analyses, risk assessments, design reviews, and validation plans.
• Develop and maintain detailed project timelines, ensuring key deliverables, milestones, risks, and actions are clearly documented and communicated.
• Plan and facilitate formal design reviews, comparing planned performance, functionality, and cost targets with actual results.
• Lead or support Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities to identify, assess, and mitigate product and process risks.
• Create design layouts, detailed part and assembly drawings, and associated engineering documentation.
• Review and cross-check engineering drawings and designs to ensure accuracy, completeness, manufacturability, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Design, execute, and document experiments to validate product performance, reliability, durability, serviceability, and other critical requirements.
• Develop prototype concepts and drawings; coordinate and support prototype fabrication, testing, and refinement activities.
• Collaborate with assigned cross-functional teams—including manufacturing, quality, sourcing, operations, marketing, and application engineering—to develop robust, cost-effective product solutions.
• Identify and submit cost-reduction and cost-avoidance opportunities while maintaining product performance, quality, and customer value.
• Promote consistent use of Parker’s project accountability and product-development processes across assigned projects and teams.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as business needs require.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required;
  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering preferred.
• Five to ten years of relevant product development, design engineering, or manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience designing industrial machinery or process equipment and releasing manufacturing drawings to machine shops or fabricators.
• Experience developing engineered products from concept through testing and commercialization preferred.
• Experience supporting filtration, fluid handling, or related engineered-product applications is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with solid-model CAD software required;
  Autodesk Inventor experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of engineering design practices, prototype development, testing, validation, and technical documentation.
• Familiarity with structured product-development tools, including design reviews, FMEA, project schedules, and financial analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to…