Product Engineer
About us
Dorel Juvenile is the world's leading juvenile products company. Our well-known products and strong brands are available in more than 100 countries. All our talented employees share the same mission: to Care for Precious Life, and the Product Engineer is integral to this mission.
Your mission
We are looking for a Product Engineer to help us create a new generation of innovative products in the highly regulated Juvenile Consumer Products for the North American market. This position involves developing and validating products from conception through production to ensure they meet applicable regulations and performance requirements. As part of the Product Engineering team, you will contribute technical expertise and creativity to our engineering efforts and support our ambitious product roadmap.
This is a hybrid position and will work onsite 3 days a week in Foxboro, MA.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
Key responsibilities
• Identify new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.
• Conceptualize new ideas and technologies for our next generation of products.
• Define and maintain product requirements and verification plans to meet regulatory and internal standards.
• Evaluate and test product prototypes or CAD for concept feasibility, user needs and regulatory concerns.
• Assess product samples for strength, stability, safety, usability etc.
• Identify system level interactions and potential failure modes.
• Review test reports for accuracy and completeness to design verification plans.
• Communicate ideas quickly and effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD layouts, 3D models and working prototypes.
• Work with our Product Marketing and Industrial Design teams to ensure a cohesive approach to the design of our products.
• Drive and assist with outsourced product development with global teams.
• Multitask ability required.
Your profile
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline; preferably Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience within a mechanical engineering environment, preferably with consumer goods, home appliances, automotive industry, material & metals industries.
• Desirable to have manufacturing experience, injection mold plastic, experience in a regulated industry (i.e., ASTM, ISO, IEC).
• Understanding of common manufacturing methods such as injection molding, machining, and sheet metal.
• Experience writing design requirements and test methods.
• Previous experience performing risk analyses (User Risk and/or FMEA).
• 6 Sigma basic knowledge desirable (application of DOE, COV, Variability charts, etc.)
• CAD knowledge, preferably SolidWorks.
Are you ready to grow with us?
Dorel Juvenile provides people the invaluable opportunity to make a difference. Take the next step in your career and join our quest to improve the parenting journey for millions of families around the world.