Product Engineer

Senneca; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability

3 weeks PTO

9 paid holidays (2026)

Parental Leave

401k with company match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Employee Discounts

Tuition assistance

Career development

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Senneca is seeking a Product Engineer to lead new product development from concept to prototype, validation, and launch. You will work with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Sales to define scope, timelines, risks, and deliverables, applying DFMA, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement to ensure manufacturability and cost effectiveness.

Responsibilities include coordinating project plans, maintaining design documentation, and guiding products from concept through production.

Qualifications

• Clear, simple, and accurate technical documentation skills.
• Strong communication with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency with 3D parametric design software (Inventor/Creo/SolidWorks).
• Experience using AutoCAD.
• MS Office especially Excel.
• Detail-oriented with timely, professional work output.
• Team collaboration in cross-functional environments.
• Familiarity with DFMA and engineering design processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development from concept to prototype, validation, and production launch.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional action items.
• Coordinate with Sales, Process Engineers, Operations, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Identify and support new manufacturing technologies to improve KPIs.
• Maintain accurate design documentation and related technical materials.
• Ensure designs meet customer specs, standards, regulatory requirements, and testing criteria.

Skills

Soft skills

3D CAD proficiency

AutoCAD

Excel

Documentation

Team collaboration

Engineering processes

Education

Bachelors in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Tools

Inventor/Creo/SolidWorks

Infor CSI (ERP)

Job description

Introduction

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers’ expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers’ most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes.

Overview

Serve as a Product Engineer, with a primary focus on leading new product development from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch. Report to Director of Engineering and Work cross-functionally with the Operations, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Sales, and other stakeholders to define project scope, build timelines, manage risks, and move development work through key decisions and deliverables. Use DFMA, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement principles to ensure new products are practical to manufacture, cost effective, well documented, and aligned with customer and business needs.

• Company Paid: Life Insurance, STD, and LTD
• 3 weeks PTO
• 9 paid holidays in 2026
• Parental Leave
• Additional Benefits:
• 401k with company match
• Medical, dental, vision
• Employee Discount Programs
• Miscellaneous other optional benefits
• Career development and tuition assistance
• Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture

Responsibilities

Product Design:

• Partner with the Director of Engineering to design, redesign, and improve products and features that better support operations, manufacturability, and customer requirements.
• Apply DFMA principles to current and future products to improve ease of manufacturing, assembly, quality, and cost.
• Review existing product lines for cost reduction, simplification, and rationalization opportunities.
• Own and maintain accurate design documentation, including CAD drawings, specifications, bills of material, website content, installation instructions, troubleshooting guides, and related technical materials.
• Ensure product designs meet applicable customer specifications, internal standards, regulatory requirements, and defined testing criteria.

Product Development:

• Lead new product development projects from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional action items for assigned development work.
• Coordinate with Sales, Process Engineers, Operations, Quality, and other stakeholders to align project scope, timing, risks, and launch requirements.
• Identify and support new manufacturing technologies that help improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and other company KPIs.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions needed, and next steps clearly to leadership and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Experience creating clear, simple, and accurate instructions, procedures, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills with internal teams, external customers, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficiency with 3D parametric design software such as Inventor, Creo, or SolidWorks.
• Experience using AutoCAD.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• High attention to detail with the ability to produce accurate, professional, and error-free work on schedule.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment while independently managing assigned priorities.
• Familiarity with engineering design processes, including concept development, physical design, procurement support, testing, failure root cause analysis, and PPAP.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Infor CSI or a similar ERP system.
• DFMA experience.
• Strong critical thinking skills and experience using systematic problem-solving methods.
• Demonstrated ability to develop practical, creative, and manufacturable design solutions.

Competencies:

• Paygrade/position competencies, per Competency Map.

Travel Requirements:

• Some travel Required

Physical Requirements:

• Physical requirements to be finalized based on company standards for this role.