Junior Project Engineer: Cost & Product Optimization

Techtronic Cordless GP- TTIPE; United States; Presencial; USD 65.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

TTI Engineering seeks a Project Engineer I to support cost reduction, product optimization, and continuous improvement across cross-functional teams. You will translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements and maintain project plans to ensure timely delivery.

Under guidance of senior leaders, you will coordinate prototypes, risk, and deliverables from concept to production, building technical judgment and accountability while collaborating with Design Engineering, Quality,

Formación

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in engineering, product development, manufacturing, or project work (internships count).
• Knowledge of engineering fundamentals, drawings, product testing, and structured problem solving.
• Ability to organize technical information, maintain action trackers, and communicate across functions.
• Strong analytical, planning, and follow-through skills.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, results-driven product development environment.

Responsabilidades

• Supports development and maintenance of product requirements, engineering specifications, and critical-to-quality (CTQ) measures for assigned projects.
• Helps identify where requirements create challenges to cost, performance, quality, or schedule.
• Supports product teardowns to drive new cost down ideas.
• Supports scoping of assigned systems, subsystems, and project deliverables with guidance from senior project leadership.
• Documents decisions, assumptions, open questions, and changes to project scope.
• Develops and maintains work breakdown structures, action trackers, milestone plans, and project documentation for lower-complexity projects or defined workstreams.
• Tracks deliverables, identifies emerging schedule threats, and escalates issues when support or cross-functional alignment is needed.
• Supports project risk reviews by documenting likelihood, impact, mitigation actions, owners, and closure evidence.
• Coordinates prototype builds, testing, design reviews, pilot builds, and release activities with functional owners.
• Demonstrates consistent follow-through and personal accountability for assigned actions.
• Supports product cost tracking, competitive benchmarking, design trade-off analysis, and value engineering activities.
• Works with Design Engineering, Quality, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Compliance, Reliability, and suppliers to resolve project issues.
• Uses data from testing, builds, and supplier feedback to help the team evaluate options and make informed decisions.
• Supports compliance with internal standards and applicable UL, ANSI, CSA, and ISO expectations.
• Facilitates routine project meetings or defined agenda sections with coaching; records decisions, owners, and due dates.
• Communicates project information clearly through written updates, presentations, and action summaries.
• Builds productive relationships with domestic and global team members and actively incorporates input from others.
• Proactively communicates obstacles and seeks help early enough to protect project commitments.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Planning

Cross-functional communication

Documentation

Problem solving

Educación

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering

Herramientas

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

TTI Engineering seeks a Project Engineer I to support cost reduction, product optimization, and continuous improvement across cross-functional teams. You will translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements and maintain project plans to ensure timely delivery.

Under guidance of senior leaders, you will coordinate prototypes, risk, and deliverables from concept to production, building technical judgment and accountability while collaborating with Design Engineering, Quality,