Associate PD Engineer

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we 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.

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Fortune Brands is hiring for an Associate Product Development Engineer to join our Product Development & Innovation team in North Olmsted, OH. Collaboratively improve products that elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. You will improve the designs of existing products to make them more robust and cost effective using engineering best practices. You will also have the opportunity to define the overall product platform designs and rules for our product lines responsible for product development from ideate through launch.

During the process, you will use analytical and empirical engineering methods to ensure that product designs meet all User, Business, and Compliance requirements.

Location: This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule working out of our North Olmsted, OH office. Remote days are Monday and Friday.

Responsibilities

Develop innovative new products and extend current product lines; Work together with team members to develop capable, cost-effective manufacturing and assembly processes concurrent to product design activities to ensure robust designs are delivered; Problem solving and failure analysis using engineering analysis tools; Actively participate in Design Reviews / DFM / DFA for new products; Proactively compile, prepare and present data for timely project updates and technical presentations

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree of Science in Mechanical Engineering required; Experience with 3D modeling CAD software; Self-motivated and works well in a collaborative design culture; Good written and oral communication skills; Desire to work hand-on, prototype and troubleshoot proactively.

Nice to have

Prior Co-op / Internship experience; Experience with SolidWorks and/or 3DX; Exposure to Failure Analysis, FEA, DRBFM, FMEA, DOE, and DFMA; Ability to apply engineering principles, i.e. fluid, mechanical, and thermal; Interpretation of statistics related to manufacturing processes and part design; Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing; Tolerance stack-up and analysis