Lead Product Design Engineer

Lead Product Design Engineer

Tommy's is looking for an experienced, highly organized Lead Product Design Engineer with a proven background in CAD, project management, prototyping, and research and development. You'll lead a team of Product Design Engineers, setting technical direction, mentoring, and owning quality while guiding products from sketch to launch.

• Base pay and eligibility for annual profit-sharing bonus
• Full insurance package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Employee Assistance
• Dependent Care FSA with on-site Daycare options
• 401k match and complimentary financial planning services
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Opportunity for continued education and tuition assistance
• Valuable learning and development program
• Significant ability to grow internally for motivated and strong performing team members
• Fun, energetic, family-oriented work culture with an emphasis on team member morale
• Growing nationwide brand / presence

• Creates a detailed design of the product, including any necessary drawings or schematics, using computer aided design (CAD) software
• Meeting with other engineers to discuss designs and brainstorm possible solutions to problems
• Provide engineering guidance to fellow team members to keep projects moving forward
• Lead product category by providing ideas for innovation, directing projects, and overseeing category engineers including staffing needs and periodical evaluations
• Ensures that all safety standards are met during the design process
• Works with suppliers to ensure that all materials used in the design meet industry standards
• Identifying potential design flaws of their own and the team's designs, providing solutions to improve the design
• Conducting research on new technologies that may impact the design of the product
• Develop computer models to test designs before they are built
• Building prototypes and testing apparatuses to prove out designs
• Develop data driven results to evaluate a project or design
• Maintaining records of all design decisions made during the process
• Works collaboratively with the designers and engineers to ensure that projects are completed on time
• Supporting a project/design from concept phase through launch, and beyond
• Meeting with stakeholders to asses feedback on existing or future project ideas and direction
• Other duties as assigned; duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering preferred
• Skilled in research and development, design management, problem solving, project management, and product design
• Experienced in plumbing, pumping, and filtration systems
• Experienced in CAD and SOLIDWORKS PDM Vault
• Technical savvy and proficient in Microsoft Office; experience within database systems a plus
• Creative, innovative and strong collaborator with ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with stakeholders
• Self-motivated individual that embodies a "fail fast" engineering mentality to exopodite projects and findings
• Experience bringing products to market in a fast-paced environment
• Process-oriented and strong collaborator with ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and across various departments
• Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to multitask and prioritize workload
• Highly adaptable with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills; ability to exercise good judgment and make sound data-backed decisions
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Views customer care as high priority; exhibits a positive can-do attitude
• Displays a strong initiative and drive…