Sr. Engineer

Location: Kohler

Sr. Engineer | Job Details Sr. Engineer Work Mode:
Onsite

Location:

 Onsite, four days per week – Kohler, WI Opportunity

As a Senior Engineer, Faucets, you’ll play a critical role
in bringing innovative consumer products to life-products that balance
beautiful design, technical excellence, and real-world manufacturability.
You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, design, marketing, and
manufacturing, helping transform early concepts into high-quality and impactful
products used by consumers every day.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative
environments, enjoys solving complex problems, focuses on customer insights and
is motivated by turning bold ideas into production-ready solutions

We’re seeking a creative, technically strong engineer who
brings both ownership and curiosity to their work and enjoys collaborating
across disciplines.

You are someone who:

Collaborates
naturally with cross-functional partners—including Marketing, Program
Management, Industrial Design, and Manufacturing—to deliver projects on
time and within budget.

Brings
a positive, solution-oriented mindset and contributes to a
high-performing, highly collaborative team culture.

Is
passionate about innovation, driven to explore new ideas, test
assumptions, and build products that push boundaries.

Excels
in ideation and concept development, with strong interest or experience in
CAD modeling and advanced prototyping.

Demonstrates
strong mechanical aptitude and applies a thoughtful, structured
engineering design process.

Understands
manufacturing realities, with experience designing for processes such as
casting, forging, stamping, injection molding, machining, welding, tube
bending, hydro forming, plating, and fabrication.

Enjoys
solving complex problems, confidently evaluating designs and continuously
optimizing performance, cost, and quality.

Works
effectively across regions and cultures, partnering with global
engineering teams and suppliers.

What you will be doing:

Create Partner
with Industrial Design and Product Marketing to define product
requirements using consumer insights, market data, and sales feedback.

Analyze
competitive products and warranty data to inform and benchmark new
designs.

Provide
early-stage technical feasibility assessments to guide concept selection.

Refine Develop
and refine designs using 3D CAD (Creo), FEA, and CFD tools.

Leverage
state-of-the-art on-site prototyping and testing labs to build and
validate physical prototypes.

Validate
product value and usability through consumer and human experience
research.

Collaborate
closely with manufacturing teams and suppliers to balance performance,
cost, quality, and timeline.

Implement Perform
engineering calculations, tolerance analysis, and create detailed
technical drawings using GD&T and engineering standards.

Apply
Design for Manufacturing (DfM) principles to ensure robust, efficient, and
scalable production.

Lead
and support product verification testing to ensure regulatory and quality
compliance.

Support
manufacturing ramp-up, providing hands-on engineering support during
pre-production and launch builds.

Skills/Requirements Bachelor
of science degree in mechanical engineering from an ABET accredited
program.

Minimum
of 4 years of mechanical engineering experience.

Demonstrate
a strong working knowledge of CAD modeling.

International
and domestic travel as needed.#LI-SC2#LI-Onsite Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #Become More At Kohler  with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.

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