Senior Product Care Engineer​/Specialist

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At Electrolux, a leading global appliance company, we strive every day to shape living for the better for our consumers, our people, and our planet. We share ideas and collaborate so that together, we can develop solutions that deliver enjoyable and sustainable living.

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This position will be based in Kinston, NC

The Senior Product Care Engineer / Specialist - Hydraulics is responsible for the design, development, validation, and continuous improvement of hydraulic and fluid handling components within the stainless steel (SS) dishwasher platform. This includes pumps, valves, water circuits, hoses, flow channels, spray systems, seals, sump assemblies, pressure components, and water distribution subsystems. This role serves as the Direct Material Excellence (DME) engineering lead for hydraulic components-driving costout initiatives, evaluating supplier proposals, leveraging global hydraulic solutions, and ensuring that cost optimization efforts meet performance, reliability, acoustic, and manufacturability requirements.

The engineer works collaboratively with suppliers, manufacturing, procurement, quality, and Global R&D to maintain alignment with global design standards, shared water system strategies, and platform technology roadmaps.

• Lead design, redesign, and validation of fluid handling and hydraulic components for the SS dishwasher platform.
• Develop robust water carrying subsystems including pumps, valves, tub interfaces, spray arms, water paths, sumps, seals, and pressure bearing components.
• Create engineering documentation including CAD (Catia/NX experience preferred), drawings, component specifications, DFMEA, DVP&R, and BOMs.
• Perform flow modeling, pressure drop analysis, leakrisk assessments, material selection for water exposure, thermal cycling, and chemical resistance.

• Identify and drive costout opportunities through component simplification, flowpath optimization, material substitutions, subsystem consolidation, and supplier VA/VE proposals.
• Evaluate and approve hydraulic costout proposals to ensure hydraulic performance, water pressure, noise/acoustics, leak integrity, and cleaning performance are preserved.
• Conduct cost modeling reviews with procurement and suppliers to validate assumptions and identify cost drivers within pumps, valves, seals, hoses, and molded water paths.

• Lead structured problem solving for hydraulic related field issues such as leaks, sprayarm failures, pressure fluctuations, sump defects, cavitation, noise, and chemical degradation.
• Deliver design improvements that reduce variability and improve robustness of water system components, sealing integrity, and longterm durability.
• Support factory operations through rootcause analysis on hydraulic faults, corrective actions, test method development, and process capability improvements.

• Collaborate with hydraulic component suppliers to assess pump performance, valve precision, material compatibility, sealing technologies, molding processes, hose construction, and tolerance capability.
• Validate supplier proposals, PPAP submissions, tooling modifications, and DME costout initiatives for hydraulic parts.
• Ensure designs align with manufacturing capabilities-sealing processes, molding, overmolding, hose manufacturing, automated assembly, and pressure/leak testing.

• Partner with Global R&D to align on shared hydraulic design rules, global dishwasher water system architecture, and component standardization.
• Participate in global module owner discussions for pumps, valves, water circuits, and common hydraulic technologies.

• Support global sourcing and harmonization of pumps, valves, hoses, seals, and…