Senior Product Development Engineer - CI
Job in
North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 44070, USA
Listed on 2026-06-02
Listing for:
Fortune Brands
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-02
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Product Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Quality Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We're focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.
At Fortune Brands, we're building something big. We're advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We're delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we've transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.
When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.
Explore life at Fortune Brands here.
Job Description
The Senior Product Development Engineer oversees the design, development, and validation of product enhancements from initial concept through commercial launch. This role serves as a technical subject matter expert and mentor, executing continuous improvement and cost-reduction initiatives to strengthen business performance.
Primary Responsibilities
- Engineering Design & Technical Precision: Lead the development and implementation of product changes. Utilize advanced engineering methodologies, including DFMEA, Design of Experiments (DOE), tolerance stack-up analysis, and Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
- Project Lifecycle Management: Manage comprehensive system design requirements to ensure products transition predictably from the development phase into large-scale production.
- Operational Collaboration: Partner with Supply Chain, manufacturing staff, and external vendors to define specifications and source raw materials, components, and final assemblies.
- Validation & Quality Assurance: Develop Design Verification Plans (DVPs), coordinate rigorous testing, and execute plant trials to validate fabrication, assembly, and installation processes.
- Cross-Functional Support: Provide technical guidance to Manufacturing and Operations during critical launch phases. Collaborate with the Quality department to resolve internal and external product issues.
- Strategic Problem Solving: Apply lean product development tools and systematic critical thinking to continuous improvement projects and complex troubleshooting.
- Leadership & Mentorship: Champion engineering excellence by coaching junior staff and leading technical peer reviews and design evaluations.
- B.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical preferred) from an accredited university
- Minimum of 8 years product design and development experience
- New product development launch and Stage Gate experience
- Proven track record of delivering products and/or processes to launch with differentiated innovative fit form and function and/or reduced cost
- Experience with 3-D Parametric Solid Modeling (Solid Edge or Solid Works is a plus), Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Significant cross functional experience in interfacing with sourcing, quality, and manufacturing within product development, cost-out, continuous improvement and other business-led initiatives
- Superior written and oral communication skills
- Strong strategic thinking skills
- Desire to work hands-on, prototype and troubleshoot proactively
- M.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical)
- Solidworks certification
- Ability to perform tolerance stack-ups (using Sigmetrix or similar), review process capability and manage changes accordingly
- Experience with extrusions (Aluminum and plastic, both single and co-extrusion) & similar manufacturing methods
- Experience with plastic materials (fiberglass composites, thermoplastics or similar preferred) & manufacturing methods such as injection molding
- Experience with weather seals and similar…
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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