Product Development Engineer
Knauf Insulation
- Shelbyville, IN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Offsite Free Clinic
- Medical, Dental, Vision – starting on day one!
- Virtual Medical Services
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (earn 100% matching on your first 6% and fully vested day one)
- Paid parental leave
- Company paid life insurance
- Vacation time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Plus, more!
- Responsible for new product development, existing product optimization and/or product improvement.
- Coordinate and supervise trials with plant, corporate engineering, lab, customers, sales, etc.
- Provide technical support and to manufacturing, customers, sales/marketing, purchasing and others.
- Solve problem methodically on product quality, customer development or complaints, and production efficiency.
- Work cross-functionally with the team members from purchasing, sales, manufacturing, finance, and test laboratory to ensure successful completion of the project.
- Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, science, or other technical fields
- Experience in product development or process development capacity
- Experience in building and construction industries, preferably including fiber glass products.
- Experience on Six Sigma & FMEA methodologies and PPAP
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to think critically, identify errors/deficiencies in product or process and provide solutions, to address production issue in plant, and provide technical solution to customers.
- Ability to think outside the box, develop new conceptual product design and improve existing products or manufacturing methods.
- Willingness to learn and develop, work in lab, plant, or office setting.
- Ability to develop actions plans and set objectives, be action and results oriented.
- Must be able to work in teams and assume leadership role when needed.
- Effectively communicate and interface at different levels within the company.
- Ability to build relationships across the organization will be the key to success.
- Represent Knauf with industry organizations such as but not limited to ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), and Underwriter’s Laboratories