Job Title: Product Line Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports To: Engineering Manager (solid line), Sales Director (dotted line)
FLSA: Exempt
Status: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday
Direct Reports: None
Location: Denver Tech Center (near Centennial airport)
Remote: 2 days/wk remote with 2 days in office
Who We Are
A multi-national well-established Original Equipment Manufacturer. Our brands have a long-standing and significant presence and brand recognition within their target markets and industries with a strong emphasis on total customer satisfaction.
The Gulftech International family of companies are the world’s recognized leaders in engineering, manufacturing, lease, sale and service of industrial food processing machinery. Our companies serve the largest food production and processing companies across the globe.
What you will do:
Drive revenue and/or margin growth through timely and cost effective product development, product enhancements, or value engineering. Responsible for carrying out design, prototyping, engineering documentation and enhancement/improvement of the apple and cherry product lines.
- Responsible for engineering management of assigned product lines.
- Product enhancements to existing product lines resulting in new or additional business and revenue streams.
- Ensure on-going sustainment of value proposition for assigned product lines focusing on customer satisfaction, product performance, safety, compliance and reliability.
- On-going execution of Value Analysis (VA) activities resulting in reduced costs, improved product function or both.
- Drive the development of the product portfolio based on strong VOC and VOB.
- Work in close cooperation with key stakeholders to set up the priorities and key activities for the achievement of annual targets for assigned product lines.
- Collaborate with Sales teams in defining product portfolio gaps and lead the development of solutions to fill gaps.
- Drive focus to the existing product lines. Act as a bridge between the sales, product line team members and manufacturing.
- Assist in identifying and developing target markets for existing products.
- Assist in monitoring and assessing the competition to develop and implement proactive strategies to strengthen competitive edge of assigned product lines.
- Interface and coordinate product development work with internal departments such as Sales and Operations.
- Ensure engineering and design releases adhere to program schedules. Facilitate critical design review meetings. Champion continuous improvement efforts and performance at all levels for assigned product lines.
- Manage product line development or enhancement projects ensuring thorough analysis, testing, and validation of new designs prior to production release.
- Work directly with customers, sales, service, purchasing, quality, manufacturing engineering and other necessary groups as a cross functional team to develop products and solutions. Demonstrate improvements to product specification requirements from internal customers.
- Use Solidworks to create models and drawings of products.
- Research new materials and methods of development.
- Organize and maintain existing engineering records.
- Construct prototypes and confirm designs with design and development team members.
- Perform physical testing on engineering prototypes.
- Ensure components and assemblies adhere to applicable industry and business standards.
- Develop designs using components across product lines considering common components in design development.
What it will take to be successful:
- 2+ years experience in a similar role (industrial equipment industry desired).
- Proven ability and success designing products that utilize motors, gears, pneumatics, bearings, and pumps (required).
- Experience designing sheet metal parts, weldments, and machined components.
- Success working with 3rd party/external suppliers in product development.
- Must have direct experience working closely and collaboratively with both external and internal customers including sales teams.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar Engineering discipline.
- Broad knowledge and skills in core Engineering functions (Generalist level).
- Knowledge of SolidWorks CAD software.
- Understanding and ability to design for manufacturability.
- Experience using DFMA and GD&T principles.
- Ability to effectively communicate goals and objectives and foster a team environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must travel be willing and able to travel up to 10% of the time both domestically and internationally.
*The pay range for this role is $85,00 - $120,000 annually. Salary information is a general guideline only. Actual compensation considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, location, work experience, education, and key skills. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
*The Company is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition, or privilege of employment. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, ancestry, race, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation/gender identity), color, religion, national origin, parental status, marital status, political affiliation, family medical history or genetic information, military or veteran status, disability, medical condition, or any other non-merit based factor or status protected by federal, state or local law.
Skills Required
- 2+ years of experience in a similar role
- Experience in the industrial equipment industry
- Experience designing products utilizing motors, gears, pneumatics, bearings, and pumps
- Experience designing sheet metal parts, weldments, and machined components
- Experience working with third-party or external suppliers in product development
- Direct experience collaborating with external and internal customers, including sales teams
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a similar engineering discipline
- Broad knowledge of core engineering functions at a generalist level
- Knowledge of SolidWorks CAD software
- Understanding of and ability to design for manufacturability
- Experience using DFMA and GD&T principles
- Ability to communicate goals and objectives effectively and foster a team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally
What We Do
Gulftech Group is the strategic operating platform for a family of brands serving food processing and packaging customers. It owns and operates global manufacturers of industrial components and machinery, with group companies bringing engineering, manufacturing, and technical-service expertise. The group supports long-term growth and operations across an international customer base, providing solutions such as automated food labeling and processing equipment.
