Senior OEM Program Engineer — Strategic Projects

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.; Newburg (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Appliances, a Haier company, seeks a Senior Program Engineer to lead OEM and strategic projects from concept through production launch. You will coordinate requirements, BOMs, validation, and cross‑functional execution with customers, suppliers, engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and product management.

You will drive schedules, risk mitigation, and design decisions to ensure cost, quality, and timely delivery of water heater programs that meet customer needs and business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in engineering, product development, or technical program execution.
• Experience supporting new products from requirements definition through production launch.
• Experience coordinating engineering activities with customers, suppliers, or strategic development partners.
• Experience creating, reviewing, or releasing bills of material, engineering drawings, specifications, and model configurations.
• Strong understanding of engineering change control, product lifecycle management, and configuration management.
• Ability to translate customer and business requirements into actionable technical deliverables.
• Experience working with manufacturing and cross‑functional teams to support design decisions and production readiness.
• Strong program planning, organization, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, track detailed deliverables, and drive timely issue resolution.
• Ability to influence internal and external teams without direct authority.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support new product programs from initial requirements through design, validation, production readiness, and launch.
• Coordinate with customers and strategic partners to understand, document, and align product requirements, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate customer requirements into clear engineering deliverables and product‑development plans.
• Coordinate the creation, review, and release of new models, bills of material, engineering drawings, specifications, and product documentation.
• Ensure model configurations, component selections, and bills of material accurately reflect approved product requirements.
• Work with design engineering and strategic partners to track technical deliverables, open issues, design changes, and milestone completion.
• Coordinate design decisions with manufacturing to ensure products are manufacturable, cost‑effective, and ready for production.
• Support prototype builds, engineering builds, pilot runs, validation testing, certification activities, and production launches.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, sourcing, service, product management, and supply‑chain teams to resolve program issues and maintain execution timing.
• Develop and maintain program schedules, action plans, technical deliverables, and risk‑mitigation plans.
• Lead regular cross‑functional and partner program reviews to communicate status, decisions, risks, and required actions.
• Manage engineering changes and evaluate their impact on product requirements, cost, tooling, validation, manufacturing, and launch timing.
• Support supplier and component‑development activities, including technical reviews, qualifications, and issue resolution.
• Identify program risks early and coordinate corrective actions with internal teams and external partners.
• Support post‑launch issue resolution and continuous improvement activities related to product design, quality, and manufacturing performance.
• Maintain accurate program documentation and ensure decisions, requirements, and approvals are clearly recorded.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Customer/partner coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Tools

CAD systems

ERP

PLM

Job description

GE Appliances, a Haier company, seeks a Senior Program Engineer to lead OEM and strategic projects from concept through production launch. You will coordinate requirements, BOMs, validation, and cross‑functional execution with customers, suppliers, engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, quality, and product management.

You will drive schedules, risk mitigation, and design decisions to ensure cost, quality, and timely delivery of water heater programs that meet customer needs and business goals.