Job Location
IVORYDALE INNOVATION CENTERJob Description
P&G is a leading global consumer goods company with trusted brands that improve the lives of billions of consumers around the world. We offer opportunities to work on meaningful innovation, collaborate with talented teams, and build a rewarding career through new challenges and continuous growth.
THE OPPORTUNITY & ASSIGNMENT:
As an Innovation Design Engineer in P&G Fabric Care, you will help shape the future of product innovation by transforming consumer needs and business opportunities into tangible product solutions. This hands-on mechanical/mechatronics engineering role focuses on concept creation, rapid prototyping, and design for manufacturing across Laundry and Fabric Enhancers. You will collaborate with design, engineering, product development, and external partners to bring both traditional delivery systems and complex electromechanical device concepts to life.
You will translate consumer requirements and product interactions into technical specifications for looks-like and works-like prototypes, using advanced prototyping and fabrication capabilities to accelerate learning. In partnership with cross-functional teams and external suppliers, you will develop consumer and technical learning plans, build and test safe and reliable prototypes, and help de-risk ideas for scale-up. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving complex, multi-faceted challenges and is passionate about bringing meaningful innovation to consumers’ homes.
The Ideal Candidate Is:
- A Hands-On Builder & Technical Expert: Brings strong engineering fundamentals and hands-on prototyping capability to turn complex ideas into tangible solutions that drive learning and reduce development risk.
- Curious & an Adaptive Learner: Uses prototyping to learn quickly, extract critical insights, and translate them into scalable engineering requirements and design solutions.
- A Risk Management & Reliability Leader: Demonstrates strong judgment regarding consumer-use safety, compatibility risks, and reliability engineering.
- A Collaborator & Influencer: Works effectively across functions and with external partners to align technical direction and deliver strong project outcomes.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Hands-On Innovation & Technical Mastery:
- Lead the design, hands-on prototyping, and iterative refinement of delivery systems, electromechanical prototypes, and integrated packaging solutions.
- Conduct rapid looks-like and works-like prototyping and experimentation to: Validate product/concept fit in iterative consumer/team testing and support in-lab and small-scale consumer learning
- Consumer-Centric Prototyping & In-Home Validation:
- Translate prototyping learnings and engineering expertise into clear technical requirements for functional, safe, reliable, and scalable devices.
- Collaborate with internal and external partners to engineer, build, and test safe, functional, and reliable devices for extended-use consumer studies and concept validation.
- Design for Manufacture (DFM) & Scale-Up:
- Partner with Design, Engineering, and product development teams to support smooth transition from early concept through design approval and scale-up.
- Support design freeze and scale-up activities while ensuring design intent is maintained throughout development.
Job Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, highly preferred in Mechanical Engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in electromechanical, mechanical and package design, with a strong emphasis on hands-on prototyping and the product development process.
- Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks), tolerance analysis, engineering analysis tools (e.g., FMECA) and package molding technologies.
- Familiarity with circuits, PCBAs, and programming to be able to build and test electromechanical prototypes.
- Demonstrated ability to convert ambiguous invention concepts into structured engineering requirements and actionable development plans.
- Experience leading external development partners and/or cross-functional technical programs.
- Demonstrates expertise in systems-level thinking, with a comprehensive grasp of compatibility challenges, risk management, and platform variability.
- Ability to travel 10-20% domestically and internationally.
- Ability to be based out of our Ivorydale Innovation Center located near Cincinnati, OH and onsite 5 days per week.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Skilled in rigorous documentation and creating technical standards.
Just so you know:
Compensation for roles at P&G varies depending on a wide array of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, degree/credentials, relevant skill set, and level of relevant experience. At P&G compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Total rewards at P&G include salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits. Your recruiter may be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the hiring process.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Procter & Gamble participates in E-Verify.
Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.
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Job Schedule
Full timeJob Number
R000152226Job Segmentation
Experienced ProfessionalsStarting Pay / Salary Range
$110,000.00 - $165,300.00 / yearSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering highly preferred)
- 5+ years experience in electromechanical, mechanical, and package design with strong hands-on prototyping
- Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks)
- Tolerance analysis
- Engineering analysis tools (e.g., FMECA)
- Package molding technologies
- Familiarity with circuits, PCBAs, and programming to build and test electromechanical prototypes
- Ability to convert ambiguous invention concepts into structured engineering requirements and development plans
- Experience leading external development partners and/or cross-functional technical programs
- Expertise in systems-level thinking, compatibility challenges, risk management, and platform variability
- Ability to travel 10-20% domestically and internationally
- Ability to be based at Ivorydale Innovation Center near Cincinnati, OH and onsite 5 days per week
- Skilled in rigorous documentation and creating technical standards
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is inclusive under a global framework for all parents, with added recovery time for birth mothers. Adoption, fertility, childcare support and eldercare services further strengthen family support.
Procter & Gamble Insights
What We Do
Procter & Gamble Company is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation. P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands, including Always®, Charmin®, Braun®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Oral B®, Pantene®, Pampers®, Tide®, and Vicks®. The design, development, growth and success of these products—and many more—is thanks to the innovative and insightful minds of our people. From Day 1, you’ll help make everyday life easier for our 5 billion consumers through billion dollar brands. With our large global footprint, there are many opportunities to work with P&G in multiple locations. We offer opportunities in approximately 70 countries and continually aim to attract, reward and advance the finest people in the world. As a "build from within" organization, we see 95% of our people start at an entry level and progress through the organization. Here, we want you to get your career off to a fast start. That's why we don't have any rotational development programs or gradual ramping-up periods: you’ll be able—and encouraged—to dive right in from day 1. Join us and help make life better through meaningful work that makes an impact from Day 1.
