Senior Mechanical Engineer — Product Lifecycle & Sustaining

Allegion; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision

Unlimited PTO

401K with 6% match

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Allegion is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on Product Lifecycle Engineering to sustain and improve existing mechanical products, addressing field and manufacturing issues while supporting new product introductions and cost-reduction efforts.

In this role you will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Product Management and Suppliers to ensure products are reliable, compliant, manufacturable, and cost-effective throughout their lifecycle and you will mentor teammates as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering.
• 7+ years of mechanical engineering experience with retention in sustaining/product lifecycle engineering, manufacturing support, or related roles.
• Proven hands-on troubleshooting and RCA skills with documented examples of resolved field or production issues.
• Strong experience with PLM/ECN processes (Windchill preferred) and issue tracking systems (DevOps, Jira or similar).
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (Creo, SolidWorks or equivalent) and mechanical drawing standards/GD&T.
• Familiarity with quality and manufacturing tools/processes: FMEA/DFMEA, PPAP, DFx/DFM/DFA, tolerance stack analysis, and supplier quality processes.
• Experience with industry standards and certification processes (BHMA, UL, ANSI or equivalent) or demonstrated ability to support regulatory compliance.
• Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to influence without direct authority.
• Proficient with analysis tools (FEA a plus) and comfortable working with Test/Quality data to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical sustaining activities: investigate customer complaints, warranty and field issues, and manufacturing escalations; drive root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Manage engineering changes: initiate and execute ECNs in PLM (Windchill preferred), update BOMs/drawings/specs, coordinate reviews and approvals, and monitor ECN FPY to minimize rework and production disruption.
• Maintain product data integrity in PLM and issue-tracking systems (DevOps, Jira or equivalent); ensure documentation reflects current design and certification status.
• Support compliance and testing: partner with Quality and Test teams on ORT/qualifications, maintain certification evidence (BHMA, UL, ANSI or applicable standards), and support audit readiness.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Suppliers: support PPAP and supplier corrective actions, resolve line issues, enable assembly/process improvements and automation, and qualify alternate components during shortages.
• Support NPD transitions: provide sustaining engineering input and lessons learned during design reviews, prototype evaluation, and handoff to production to ensure manufacturability and compliance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship as appropriate; may lead cross-functional investigations, supplier reviews, and be a point of contact for sustaining topics.

Job description

Allegion is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer focused on Product Lifecycle Engineering to sustain and improve existing mechanical products, addressing field and manufacturing issues while supporting new product introductions and cost-reduction efforts.

In this role you will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Product Management and Suppliers to ensure products are reliable, compliant, manufacturable, and cost-effective throughout their lifecycle and you will mentor teammates as needed.