Product Engineer

Chase Doors; Michigan; On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

STD

LTD

3 weeks PTO

9 paid holidays in 2026

Parental Leave

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Employee Discount Programs

Career development and tuition assist.

Diverse, inclusive culture

Job summary

Chase Doors is seeking a Product Engineer to lead new product development from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch. You will work with the Director of Engineering and cross-functional teams to define scope, timelines, risks, and deliverables.

Use DFMA, Lean Manufacturing, and Continuous Improvement to ensure products are manufacturable, cost effective, well documented, and aligned with customer and business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience creating clear, simple, and accurate instructions and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch.
• Apply DFMA to improve manufacturability, cost, quality and documentation.
• Review existing product lines for cost reduction and simplification.
• Maintain design documentation (CAD drawings, BOMs, specs, installation instructions).
• Ensure designs meet customer specs, internal standards and testing criteria.
• Coordinate with Sales, Operations, Quality and other stakeholders on scope and timelines.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Inventor

Creo

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

Job description

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.

Benefits

• 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

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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.

Travel Requirements

• Some travel Required.

Physical Requirements

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