Software Engineer

Northwestern Mutual; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Global Power Components is seeking a Product Engineer to own the product definition and configuration management for complex metal enclosures and fuel tanks. This onsite Milwaukee role emphasizes PLM governance, accurate BOMs, and effective change control across design, manufacturing, and quality teams.

Responsibilities include leading ECR/ECN processes, ensuring alignment between CAD, EBOM/MBOM, and configurations, and driving continuous improvement of product data governance and release

Qualifications

• Own the integrity of the released product definition within PLM prior to handoff to Manufacturing Engineering.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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).
• Coordinate cross-functional review and approval of ECRs and ECNs with Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Quality, and other stakeholders.

Job description

Product Engineer

Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week). 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.

$90,000.00–$120,000.00 yearly

Full-time

Health, dental, vision, & life

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Global Power Components is an Equal Opportunity and Global Power Components is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job‑related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.