Product Engineer
The Product Engineer at Confidential Client serves as a critical liaison between Product Engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure uninterrupted engine production and maintain product quality. This role leads immediate and long-term design solutions, manages supplier and quality issues, and applies robust engineering methodologies to drive data-driven decisions. Ideal for early-career engineers, the position demands strong mechanical design, CAD skills, and collaborative problem-solving to directly impact production flow and customer satisfaction.
About Careertakes
👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering.
Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.
What You’ll Do
- Lead structured problem resolution for product and production issues: investigate root causes, recommend corrective actions, own resolution, and document results.
- Execute core product support processes (PPT, VPI, CPS) to protect production schedules and product quality.
- Apply engineering methodologies (Engineering Standard Work, iDFMEA, FIRG, 7-step problem solving, design review checklists) to enable sound, data-driven technical decisions.
- Develop and revise CAD/3D models, engineering bills of materials, and detailed drawings to support both short-term recovery actions and longer-term design improvements.
- Represent Product Engineering during machining non-conformance reviews, supplier quality investigations, customer quality escalations, and internal crisis management.
- Support supplier continuity recovery efforts to prevent disruptions to the engine build schedule.
- Coordinate across Operations, Quality, Manufacturing, Materials, Product Support, and supplier partners to deliver timely, quality-focused outcomes.
- Own moderately complex technical scope and progressively expand responsibilities with experience.
- Improve processes and help train or coordinate with technicians and student employees as needed.
Key Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or an appropriate STEM field is required; relevant Master’s may be required for select roles.
- Entry-level / early-career: designed for external candidates within 2 years of completing their highest degree.
- Strong CAD/3D modeling capability (solid modeling and producing manufacturable drawings).
- Formal problem-solving discipline (7-step or similar) and hands-on troubleshooting experience.
- Data-driven engineering judgment: descriptive statistics, graphical analysis, regression, ANOVA, and design of experiments (DOE) familiarity.
- Mechanical design experience — ability to produce design specifications and collaborate on validation.
- Comfortable working in a highly collaborative, production-focused environment and using data from multiple software systems.
- Software/data-acquisition aptitude is a plus.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; international students (F-1) should have approved CPT/OPT as applicable.
Compensation & Logistics
- Employment type: Full-time (Exempt - Entry Level).
- Salary range (provided by Confidential Client): $67,200 — $100,800 per year.
- Relocation package: Yes (as provided by Confidential Client).
- Work location: On-site with flexibility in Sharpsburg, NC (required).
- Anticipated start date: 09/2026.
- Early careers eligibility: external candidates within 2 years of completing their highest degree.
- International student eligibility: F-1 students must secure CPT/OPT authorization through their university prior to assignment.
Preferred Skills & Tools
- CAD / 3D modeling (solid modeling tools; ability to create solid models and drawings ready for manufacture).
- Hands-on mechanical experience (professional or hobby-level).
- Formal problem solving and root-cause analysis.
- Component design and validation experience.
- Statistical analysis tools and familiarity with DOE and regression methods.
- Clear technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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