Product Development Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Product Development Engineer to join our Professional Volunteer Success Team to advance new product development of innovative products that work to help solve global issues. As an experienced Product Development Engineer, you will have the opportunity to apply engineering fundamentals to technical challenges and navigate ambiguity to resolve problems to identify and define solutions.

• Understand the end use of products, determine fitness-for-use of materials, and effectively advance the specification development of new and derivative products
• Work hands‑on with prototype generation, material evaluation, and experimental design and execution
• Drive the development and refinement of new test methods and characterization techniques in partnership with other functions
• Identify critical uncertainties, design targeted experiments, enable new prototype builds, define and assess fitness-for-use, and drive commercialization and scale‑up
• Understand and evaluate the performance of relevant competitive product alternatives

• Bachelor's degree in a science or engineering field with a minimum of 3 years of experience in process, product, or new product/materials development post‑graduation
• Solid knowledge of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply this knowledge to product development and challenging technical problems
• Demonstrated ability to document, communicate, and present technical bodies of work
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interact and influence cross‑functional teams, as well as work independently while adapting to a changing environment
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate creativity in technical problem‑solving and critical thinking
• Demonstrated ability to work hands‑on in all aspects of project work including developing prototypes and/or test methods
• Understanding Materials Engineering and Programming is a plus