Product Engineer

Highlander Consultants; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Highlander Consultants in Jacksonville, FL seeks a seasoned engineer to join the Electrical Engineering Department. You will work on hydraulic power unit applications, translate customer needs into product opportunities, document processes, and act as the main applications/technical support resource.

This role blends deep technical immersion with outward-facing market work, collaborating with assembly leads and engineers on the floor.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of hydraulics/electrical/applications engineering experience.
• Strong documentation discipline and knowledge capture.
• Patience and EQ with a tenured team.
• Excellent customer-facing technical communication.
• Product ownership—note taking, floor presence, customer demos.
• Directness: willing to push back when something won’t work.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous customer needs into concrete specs.
• Balance deep technical immersion with outward-facing market work.
• Collaborate with engineering and assembly leads on floor.

Skills

Hydraulics depth

Electrical depth

Documentation discipline

Customer-facing communication

Product ownership

Directness

PLC/Control systems

Education

Engineering degree preferred

Equivalent verifiable experience

Tools

PLC/Control systems

Job description

We build hydraulic power units for customers and we are expanding our team.

The Opportunity

You'll work on custom programming logic, application configurations, and get deep product expertise in our Electrical Engineering Department. You'll absorb that knowledge through structured, hands-on transfer, document it, and become our primary applications/technical support resource. At the same time, you'll translate customer needs into new product opportunities and act as a technically credible partner in new market development. There are 2 major parts of the role — deep technical immersion and outward-facing market work, often in the same week. The right person finds both energizing. You'll also build relationships with the engineering team and with the assembly leads, especially electromechanical and panel shop.

Skills needed

• Hydraulics/electrical/applications engineering depth — 5-10 years of experience
• Documentation discipline (knowledge not captured is knowledge lost)
• Patience and EQ with a skeptical, tenured team
• Strong customer-facing technical communication
• Product ownership — comfortable taking notes, walking the floor, or presenting to our customers
• Directness: willing to tell leadership when something won't work

Qualifications

• Engineering background (mechanical, electrical, or related). Degree preferred, but equivalent verifiable experience will be seriously considered. Someone coming from an electrical background (BSEE + experience) who has learned Mechanical and Hydraulic systems over time would be ideal.
• Prior hydraulics, electrical systems, or industrial applications engineering experience
• Track record translating ambiguous customer needs into concrete specs
• Comfortable moving between customers and skilled tradespeople, often in the same week... comfort working and interacting on the manufacturing floor.
• PLC/control systems experience is a strong plus