Product Engineer

BHP, Inc dba Global Power Components; Street (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Power Components is seeking a Product Engineer to own the product definition and configuration management from PLM through manufacturing handoff. You will manage EBOM/CAD models, standard configurations, and ECR/ECN processes, collaborating across Mechanical, Electrical, Quality, and IT to drive data quality and continuous improvement.

With a strong emphasis on governance and disciplined change control, you will help scale production for a growing portfolio of power infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Own the integrity of the released product definition within PLM prior to handoff to Manufacturing Engineering.
• Ensure EBOM, CAD models, drawings, configuration rules, and revision levels are complete, consistent, and aligned before release.
• Define and maintain standard product configurations to minimize custom variation and manufacturing complexity.
• Serve as the technical authority for how the product is defined, structured, and controlled within manufacturing systems.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering during MBOM development to ensure intent is preserved and discrepancies are resolved.
• Drive continuous improvement of product data governance and release quality processes.
• Own product definition beyond design intent, including configuration, assembly structure, and documentation readiness.
• Ensure product configurations align with customer requirements, commercial agreements, and internal standards.
• Maintain alignment between design documentation, product structures, and released configurations.
• Own the initiation, coordination, and execution of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).
• Manage front-end change requests originating from Sales, PMs, Manufacturing, Quality, or site feedback.
• Coordinate cross-functional review and approval of ECRs and ECNs with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure approved changes are properly implemented, documented, and communicated across all affected teams.
• Enforce structured engineering release and change control processes to ensure product definition integrity prior to manufacturing handoff.
• Monitor product data quality within PLM, identifying recurring issues in revisions, configurations, effectivity, and documentation completeness.
• Identify systemic gaps in product definition workflows and drive corrective improvements to prevent downstream manufacturing disruption.
• Develop and maintain product-specific governance standards, release checklists, and validation criteria.
• Support continuous improvement of PLM–ERP integration processes to improve alignment, traceability, and change accuracy.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and IT to strengthen release quality gates and reduce change-related risk.
• Support onboarding by reinforcing product data governance standards, system usage expectations, and configuration control discipline.

Job description

Title: Product Engineer Company: Global Power Components – www.globalpowercomponents.com Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week) Hire Type: Direct Hire

Overview: Global Power Components is a privately held, financially sound, growing manufacturer of UL heavy gauge steel fuel tanks, trailers, large generator enclosures, and modular metal enclosures for housing fully equipped electrical distribution and control equipment.

As a result of our continuing expansion and continued organizational growth, we are looking for a motivated Product Engineer to join our team.

Internal Manufacturing Product Definition

• Own the integrity of the released product definition within PLM prior to handoff to Manufacturing Engineering.
• Ensure EBOM, CAD models, drawings, configuration rules, and revision levels are complete, consistent, and aligned before release.
• Define and maintain standard product configurations to minimize custom variation and manufacturing complexity.
• Serve as the technical authority for how the product is defined, structured, and controlled within manufacturing systems.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering during MBOM development to ensure intent is preserved and discrepancies are resolved.
• Drive continuous improvement of product data governance and release quality processes.

Product Definition & Configuration Management

• Own product definition beyond design intent, including configuration, assembly structure, and documentation readiness.
• Ensure product configurations align with customer requirements, commercial agreements, and internal standards.
• Maintain alignment between design documentation, product structures, and released configurations.

Engineering Change Ownership (ECR / ECN)

• Own the initiation, coordination, and execution of Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Notices (ECNs).
• Manage front-end change requests originating from Sales, PMs, Manufacturing, Quality, or site feedback.
• Coordinate cross-functional review and approval of ECRs and ECNs with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Quality, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure approved changes are properly implemented, documented, and communicated across all affected teams.

Process Discipline & Continuous Improvement (Product Engineer–aligned)

• Enforce structured engineering release and change control processes to ensure product definition integrity prior to manufacturing handoff.
• Monitor product data quality within PLM, identifying recurring issues in revisions, configurations, effectivity, and documentation completeness.
• Identify systemic gaps in product definition workflows and drive corrective improvements to prevent downstream manufacturing disruption.
• Develop and maintain product-specific governance standards, release checklists, and validation criteria.
• Support continuous improvement of PLM–ERP integration processes to improve alignment, traceability, and change accuracy.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and IT to strengthen release quality gates and reduce change-related risk.
• Support onboarding by reinforcing product data governance standards, system usage expectations, and configuration control discipline.

At Global Power Components, our mission is simple: Inov8OrDie Driven by this mindset, GPC has grown from 200 to more than 2,000 employees in just five years, expanding from one manufacturing facility to four locations across the Milwaukee area, including our new 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in West Milwaukee.

We design and manufacture the critical infrastructure that surrounds and supports power generation. But what sets GPC apart isn't just what we build — it's how we work. We move fast. We make decisions. We solve problems. We challenge ourselves to continuously improve, raise the bar and deliver quality work on time. We look for ways to remove unnecessary complexity and make work easier for our customers, our partners and each other. And through it all, we protect our people, our workplaces and the reputation we've built.

GPC isn't a traditional corporate environment — and we don't want to be. We expect people to take ownership, speak up, make decisions and get things done. As GPC continues to grow, our people have opportunities to take on significant responsibility, solve bigger problems and make a visible impact on the business. If you're energized by growth, comfortable with change, willing to roll up your sleeves and want to help build what's next in power generation, GPC is a place where you can make an impact.