Design Engineer

Open the Door to Your Future with Clopay Corporation & Cornell Cookson

At Clopay Corporation, we are more than just North America’s largest residential and commercial garage door manufacturer—we are a powerhouse of innovation, safety, and design. Through our premier brands, we lead the industry in providing groundbreaking high-performance closure solutions for both the places people call home and the spaces where the world does business.

Headquartered in Mason, Ohio, and operating state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Troy, Ohio, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, and Goodyear, Arizona, we are a proud American-owned company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation. Our reach extends across 55+ distribution centers and thousands of retail locations in the U.S. and Canada, ensuring that we deliver the right door for every opening – from homes to businesses and beyond.

By joining our team, you become part of a legacy that blends the residential elegance of Clopay, known as "America’s Favorite Garage Doors," with the industrial strength and 180-year heritage of our rolling brands, Cornell and Cookson. Together, we secure everything from family garages to the world's most iconic stadiums and skyscrapers.

We currently have an opening for a NPD Design Engineer at our Mountaintop Facility.

Purpose:

design new products and improve existing designs. Activities range from R&D, conceptual design, prototyping, sourcing, testing, manufacturing integration, and engineering change order execution. Come join us and get your design juices flowing!

• Work with Project Engineers to develop and design new parts and systems related to overhead doors
• Use Autodesk Inventor to design and layout part and assembly drawings and apply standard drafting practices
• Work with technicians to develop prototypes and maintain shop area
• Develop engineering standards and calculations to govern infinitely variable designs
• Implement new products into existing system via engineering change order process
• Work with legal team to write patents on novel designs
• Perform analysis on parts and systems e.g. FEA, wind load, structural fasteners, etc.
• Master internal systems to edit BOMs, order custom parts, and implement new designs into ERP system
• Design test plans and fixtures, coordinate and monitor testing
• Generate and maintain test reports
• Develop installation instructions
• Be dedicated, self-initiating, and passionate about mechanical design, implementation and improvement
• Contribute to new product ideas
• Validate designs for conformance to various structural and life safety codes and standards as required (ASCE, IBC, UL, etc.) through engineering evaluations and calculations
  • Independently manage time and prioritize tasks
  • Maintain positive customer, vendor, and coworker relationships

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
  • Strong mechanical intuition and a natural hands-on aptitude for how mechanisms work
  • Genuine excitement and skills for bringing designs to life from the 3D CAD world to physical prototypes
  • Proficient with 3D Solid Modeling using Inventor or Solidworks
  • Knowledge and application of Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work within and lead a cross functional team
  • Proficiency with hand tools and basic power tools

• 3+ years of experience
• Experience implementing Engineering Change Orders
• Proven track record in design and specification of sheet metal structures, motors, controls, and sensing elements
• Expertise in 3D modeling and drafting using Auto Desk Inventor and Vault
• Experience in the door, access control, actuation, or building products industries
• Project management experience with Smart Sheet
• Technical experience with design and project development, product improvements and optimization
• Experience with plastics design, analysis and manufacturing methods
• Experience with welding, milling, laser, casting and other modern methods of metal fabrication

Clopay offers a great work environment and an excellent total compensation package including a competitive starting salary, Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k), life insurance, short-term disability,…