Hands-On Electromechanical Design Engineer

Procter & Gamble; Saint Bernard (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Procter & Gamble in Ivorydale Innovation Center seeks an Innovation Design Engineer to transform consumer needs into tangible, manufacturable devices for Laundry and Fabric Care. You will lead hands‑on prototyping, concept creation, and rapid testing across delivery systems and electromechanical concepts with cross‑functional teams.

You will translate requirements, build safe, reliable prototypes, and help de‑risk ideas for scale‑up in collaboration with external partners and product development

Qualifications

• Mechanical Engineer with 5+ years of electromechanical and packaging design.
• Proficiency in CAD software (SolidWorks) and tolerance analysis.
• Familiarity with circuits, PCBAs, and programming for prototyping.
• Demonstrated ability to convert ambiguous invention concepts into structured engineering requirements.
• Experience leading external development partners and cross-functional technical programs.
• Demonstrates expertise in systems-level thinking, with a comprehensive grasp of compatibility challenges, risk management, and platform variability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, 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
• Support in-lab and small-scale consumer learning
• 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.

Skills

Hands-on prototyping

SolidWorks

FMECA

Circuit familiarity (PCBAs)

Systems-level thinking

Tools

SolidWorks

FMECA

PCB design

Job description

Procter & Gamble in Ivorydale Innovation Center seeks an Innovation Design Engineer to transform consumer needs into tangible, manufacturable devices for Laundry and Fabric Care. You will lead hands‑on prototyping, concept creation, and rapid testing across delivery systems and electromechanical concepts with cross‑functional teams.

You will translate requirements, build safe, reliable prototypes, and help de‑risk ideas for scale‑up in collaboration with external partners and product development