Senior Staff Product Engineer

Purpose:

We are committed to creating new value through unique water experiences and are seeking to hire the best individual for the R&D Senior Systems Engineer. This role will work with other members of the technical innovation team to develop innovative products and services. Starting with deep consumer and installer understanding, this role must drive the exploration, research, and development of new technologies and capabilities to support the realization of the business vision and strategy. This role has a significant influence on the business's future success. Specifically, this person will:

• Participate in a culture of continuous learning.
• Demonstrate agile, flexible, and autonomous innovative exploration, even if outside their area of expertise.
• Support and develop vital processes to facilitate technical exploration, scouting, and testing.
• Work with and help seek out partners for internal and external business and strategy leads to ensure the technical capabilities are in alignment to deliver business goals.
• Maintain curiosity, objectivity, and discipline during the process of development and take responsibility for the quality of the outcome.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in and contribute to the Innovation Pipeline including ideation, exploration, and definition. Seek out and maintain relationships with individuals in other development and sustaining areas of the business to ensure consistency and facilitate information transfer.
• Help create new decision maker solutions through the development of products and systems. Responsibilities include designing and iterating groundbreaking products and services, developing new technologies to enable business opportunities, and working with outside vendors to facilitate efforts. Work with external and internal entities on interpretation of codes and standards and remain up to date on existing internal and external standards. Lead the selection of components, materials and processes that enable solutions.
• Define and execute plans to implement large scale complicated projects that will often have conflicting requirements and significant undefined parameters. Take on design responsibility for new products and platforms and help disseminate new learnings to the rest of the organization. Work closely with other technicians and engineers to build prototypes, develop specifications, and facilitate technology transfers. Work closely with marketing and brand representatives to interrupt, refine, and improve product specifications to maximum consumer benefit and minimize cost and time to market.
• Participate and grow external innovation partnerships to augment learning and expedite market tests, including help defining when to build, borrow, or buy new capabilities.

Metrics:

• Key project milestone attainment
• Robust and efficient product design capabilities
• IP - disclosures, applications and right to use
• Expense budget compliance

Education and Experience:

• 4-year bachelor's degree in Engineering or related STEM field

• 5+ years specific experience in the faucet and/or adjacent industries in a technical capacity. Need to be able to confidently interact with experienced peers and have the background to make informed decisions.
• Experience with challenging projects and familiarity with product development processes. Must have experience in multiple aspects of design and execution.
• Experience with computer aided design and analysis tools, Creo preferred.
• Willingness to stretch into different disciplines, including material science and electromechanical design, and the specification of electronics/firmware design.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with a broad multi-functional teams with diverse skills.
• Able to support multiple complex projects at one time and prioritize work and resources according to potential impact.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Human Behaviors:

Stretch yourself and others - consistently raise expectations to support growth.

Resilience - tenacity and courage in the face of obstacles

See around the corner - identify what's needed to meet future demands. Strategic imagination.

Cultivate breakthrough thinking - ask the right questions and let the ideas flow. Provocative inquiry

Creative problem solving -

Make informed decisions without all the answers - act with urgency and agility

Make the complex simple - focus on the critical few.

Diversity & Inclusion:

At Delta Faucet Company, we view diversity as a mosaic of thoughts and perspectives that come from people's varied cultural backgrounds, experiences, education, career paths and other influences that make each of us unique. For us, inclusion means welcoming differing opinions, collaborating, allowing people to come to work as who they are and recognizing everyone's contributions. We know that in a diverse, inclusive company, ideas flow freely, all voices are heard and all perspectives are valued. Delta Faucet Company continuously strives to be this kind of organization. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) supports our inherent values, makes us more relevant to customers and consumers and inspires innovation. It is not a goal or a program; it is a vital ingredient in our formula for success and a key to our future growth.

Company: Delta Faucet Company

Full time

Hiring Range: $98,100.00 - $154,220.00

Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.

Delta Faucet Company (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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