Responsibilities
- • Apply engineering principles to design and manufacture tools you believe in
- • Build and test models and prototypes to verify design concepts
- • Work with the Manufacturing department to launch new products and refine processes
- • Evaluate suppliers’ manufacturing capabilities to ensure they will be reliable partners
- • Develop initial product standards to hand off to our Quality Control team
- • Design and perform tests that assess the performance of finished products
- • Collaborate with the Tool Applications and Content department to tell the tool’s story
- • Follow products into users’ hands, gathering and learning from their experiences
Indicators of a good match for this role
- • You are aligned with Tekton’s philosophy, ways of thinking, and work style
- • You are naturally curious and ask questions
- • You think like a mechanic and regularly use hand tools in your personal life
- • You have exceptional values including honesty, integrity, and empathy
Baseline qualifications
- • Familiar with CAD/3-D modeling and other standard industry software
- • Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
Benefits package
- Full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, life, hospital indemnity, and long-term disability insurance; paid time off; a 401(k) program; and tuition reimbursement.
Location and hours
- This is a full-time salaried position located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Direct supervisor
- Head of Product Development
How to Apply
- https://apply.tekton.com/tekton/form/EmploymentApplicationDeveloperTechnical/formperma/NnbbnFT4wM7XacJY0qaUoBlZ2JqeHoEU9WcNvEVf3cc
About the department
- The Product Development department designs the tools we produce and ensures they consistently meet our quality expectations. They also create, organize, and publish the formal standards and specifications that we use to market our tools.
Top Skills
What We Do
We’re a family-owned company in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Our team is united by a single mission: to make the world's best hand tools accessible to every person. We start by designing products we personally believe in and want to own ourselves.
We're independent thinkers, creative collaborators, and empathetic leaders who truly care about the products we make and the experience we provide our users. We question convention to find what’s real.
At Tekton, you can build a meaningful career that delivers unparalleled tools to users. Check us out on tekton.com/careers and discover how you could join the Tekton team.
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