Product Engineer

Beachwood, Ohio Permanent USD85,000 - USD100,000 per year View Job Description
The Product Development Engineer leads new product programs from concept through commercialization, managing timelines, budgets, and customer requirements. This role provides technical leadership across design, testing, and validation while coordinating cross-functional teams and keeping senior leadership informed of progress.
  • Values Promoting from Within
  • Chance to work with company leadership

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global manufacturer of engineered composite materials and custom molded products serving a diverse range of industrial, transportation, electrical, and consumer markets. The company offers comprehensive, end-to-end manufacturing capabilities spanning product development, material formulation, compounding, molding, finishing, and quality assurance. By combining advanced manufacturing expertise with value-added engineering support, the organization helps customers develop and produce innovative, high-performance solutions tailored to their specific applications. With a broad network of manufacturing and technical facilities throughout North America and an international presence, the company has established a strong reputation for technical excellence, consistent quality, operational efficiency, and long-term customer partnerships.

Job Description

* Create and oversee detailed project plans, including identifying key milestones, dependencies, and critical timelines.
* Develop and refine customer product designs using CAD software such as SolidWorks and Creo, including performing structural and flow analysis when required.
* Drive innovative product solutions by building strong relationships with new and existing customers to support business growth and revenue opportunities.
* Lead customer and internal project review meetings to communicate program status, budgets, schedules, and technical progress.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams and serve as the primary point of leadership for all project-related activities.
* Identify project risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies while proactively managing schedule, cost, and engineering change impacts.
* Ensure projects meet quality, cost, timing, durability, and performance expectations while maintaining strong customer satisfaction.
* Support the development of optimized product designs aligned with manufacturing capabilities and operational efficiency goals.
* Facilitate problem-solving efforts and help resolve technical or project-related challenges across teams.
* Partner with external resources and customers to support concept development, prototyping, and new application opportunities.
* Engage directly with customer engineering, production, and purchasing teams to understand application requirements and strengthen technical partnerships.
* Convert customer needs into innovative engineered solutions through the application of advanced composite technologies

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering required, with a preference for Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • Plastic Injection Molding Experience
  • Previous experience in an engineering role within a manufacturing environment preferred.Working knowledge of CAD software such as SolidWorks or Creo.
  • Familiarity with mold flow analysis is considered an advantage.
  • Exposure to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is a plus.
  • Experience working with composite or advanced engineered materials preferred.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across all organizational levels, including production teams, management, and executive leadership.
  • Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts, including geometry and data analysis, in engineering applications.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and project management software.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% as needed.

What's on Offer

  • Salary up to roughly $100k - depending on interview strength & experience
  • Discretionary Bonus
  • Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
  • 401 (k) matching
  • More!
Contact
Max Sinton
Quote job ref
JN-082026-7090346

Job summary

Sector
Engineering & Manufacturing
Sub Sector
Project / Program Management
Industry
Industrial / Manufacturing
Where
Beachwood
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Max Sinton
Job Reference
JN-082026-7090346
 

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