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Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

 

The Graco and Baby Jogger brands are market leaders and set the standard in the car seat industry for safety, quality, features, and exceptional longevity and value.  Our products are put to the test daily protecting children in motor vehicle accidents all over the world. 

 

Job Summary:

This position will join our new product development group will help drive all aspects of the development process – conception, ideation, design, detailed engineering, tooling, product validation and production start.   Our mission is to transform an idea into products on time, on cost, and with exceptional quality of execution. This is a challenging engineering position – our team is staffed with individuals who enjoy solving complex problems.

This position will join one of our project teams (typically 2-4 engineers), partnering closely with peers in project management, marketing, industrial design, usability, and other related disciplines – strong collaboration skills and the ability to flourish in a team environment is required.  Some domestic and international travel (less than 10%) will be expected. 

 

Job Responsibilities:

Product Engineering – 40%

Works with peers in marketing, design, usability, quality, and manufacturing to ensure all stakeholder needs are met. Supports costing and capital expenditure analysis activities. Identifies cost and risks at the component and sub-assembly level to meet defined cost targets. Understands and applies federal, industry and internal standards and ensures products meet safety, compliance and performance requirements. Supports tooling development and pre-production sample builds.

Design Engineering – 30%

Partners with industrial designers to ensure safety, product performance and manufacturing needs are met. Recommends architecture of products and is accountable for a subset of the system to ensure robust end-product designs. Generates Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of parts and assemblies and uses CAE software to optimize them for production. Works with partners in manufacturing to refine the product design and optimize it for manufacturing. Use our state-of-the-art RP capability to build prototypes for evaluation and testing.

Product Validation – 30%

Contributes to validation test plan development Supports pre-production crash testing in both internal and external test labs Analyzes test results to understand product performance and implements enhancements Fabricates prototype samples for testing using basic hand, power and bench tools.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or similar disciplines. 5-8 years of product development or product design engineering experience Extensive experience with 3D CAD modeling (Creo Preferred) Extensive experience with plastic injection molding Strong working knowledge of mechanical engineering fundamentals: static analysis, dynamic analysis, deformable bodies, mechanism design Strong problem-solving skills and methodologies Comfort using basic hand, power and bench tools to fabricate prototypes and modify test samples Strong communication, interpersonal, writing, planning, and presentation skills

Desired Qualifications/Skills:

Product development experience (Consumer products preferred) Design for sheet metal and tubing experience Product validation and verification activities experience Experience with FEA software for structural analysis Experience with rapid prototyping techniques and applications

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.