Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

Meet Leaf Home. We turn complex home improvement projects and endless to-dos into achievements. With more than 50% of homeowners worried about the cost and effort of home maintenance, we deliver remarkable, end-to-end experiences. And get the job done right, at every step. Bringing innovative products, the best people, and the highest standards to every project.
Trusted by more than 1 million homeowners across the US and Canada, we are America's largest direct-to-consumer full-service provider of branded home services and products. Our products, including the patented LeafFilter gutter protection system, have earned numerous awards and recognition from Good Housekeeping, Qualified Remodeler, Angi, Consumer Reports, This Old House, and other consumer review platforms.
We are powered by extraordinary people. Our innovative products and reliable services are delivered with convenience, excellence, and quality through 250+ regional sales and installation offices and comprehensive field support offices in New York and Hudson, Ohio. We're proud to say we've been consistently named one of the fastest-growing private companies by Inc. 5000 and recognized as a top employer nationally. The benefits of working at Leaf Home are wide-ranging and include:
Industry-best compensation packages | Fully paid health, dental, and vision insurance | 401k with company match | Paid time off including paid parental leave | Individualized career development programs | On-demand lunch program | Childcare assistance | Free gym membership | Employee assistance programs, including legal, financial planning, and counseling | Employee discount marketplace | Employee Resource Groups such as VetConnect, DEI Committee, Women's Committee.
Position Summary: The Entry Level Engineer is responsible for supporting manufacturing operations working with our contract manufacturers, assisting in building product testing devices, and using troubleshooting and problem-solving techniques with the overall objective of improving manufacturing efficiencies. This role develops, recommends, and implement improvements to production processes, materials, methods, and controls.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Direct and support contract manufacturers and provide direction on projects involving root cause analysis, SPC, continuous improvement, material qualification, new product development and tooling/equipment design
• Lead projects in tool development/improvement including CAD/CAM design and implementation, project priority and machine time, tuning and tooling/equipment modifications and repair
• Lead and direct lab personnel for raw material qualification for secondary/ tertiary strategic backups, cost reduction, process improvement relating to rheology, lab extrusion and physical product testing
• Focus on improving equipment performance including feeders, extruders and downstream equipment to improve uptime and rate and reduce scrap to improve plant performance
• Work with the Product Management team in the initial concepting to full scale production phase of new product development
• Act as a liaison between external contract manufacturers and tooling suppliers for new tooling, product improvements and modifications
• Participate in meetings related to plant performance, lead line efforts, engineering topics and special projects
• Serve as key member of production projects focusing on implementing recommended systems and equipment on model lines to improve performance metrics
• Communicates with contract manufacturers and their Operators, Leads, Engineers and leadership on areas of potential improvement and research new equipment and processing methods
Experience and Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Hands on style approach with passion and curiosity for problem solving
• Process oriented mindset
• Ability to collaborate and work across multiple teams
• Ability to multi-task and operate successfully in a deadline driven environment
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel
• Ability to juggle various work activities and shift their attention from one task to another to meet the demands of different stakeholders without "dropping the ball".
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy, team-oriented environment and have a "roll up your sleeves" and "today not tomorrow" mentality.
• Apply active listening skills through the ability to comprehend information presented and respond thoughtfully.
• Detail-oriented and can focus on the task at hand, no matter how minute, by finding the most efficient and effective pathway to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required for communicating with internal and external parties in a manner that is both articulate and professional.
• Ability to communicate effectively, to recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions as well as others, and foster positive working relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Holding oneself responsible and being self-driven in accomplishing business goals, adhering to policies and being responsible for one's own actions, performance, and decisions.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and/or Access).
• Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:
• Completed and internship or co-op in an engineering capacity.
Travel Requirements:
• No travel required.
Overtime/Additional Hours Requirements:
• Additional Hours May Be Required (Exempt Positions)
Physical Requirements:
• Normal Office Environment
• Indoor work in a climate-controlled environment.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Leaf Home Solutions is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an environment that embraces differences and fosters inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Leaf Home Solutions will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, results of genetic testing, veteran status, or physical/mental disability (except where the disability prevents the individual from being able to perform the essential functions of the job and cannot be reasonably accommodated in full compliance with the law).