Sr. Engineer - Performance Showering

Kohler; Kohler (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohler in Kohler, Wisconsin is seeking a Sr. Engineer – Performance Showering to lead the development of advanced faucet products within a collaborative cross-functional team.

You will create concepts, run modeling in Creo, and drive manufacturing readiness from concept to production, balancing cost, performance, and schedule. This onsite role requires strong mechanical aptitude, effective communication, and travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline required; Mechanical engineering preferred.
• 4+ years of engineering work experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of CAD modeling.
• Strong technical judgement and communication skills.
• Multi-lingual written and spoken (English, Spanish, Mandarin).
• International and domestic travel ~10%.

Responsibilities

• Create and refine innovative faucet products from concept through production.
• Collaborate with marketing, industrial design, and manufacturing to meet timelines and budget.
• Develop concepts using 3D modeling (Creo), FEA, and CFD; perform DFMEA.
• Develop tolerances, drawings, and manufacturing-ready designs; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Support on-site prototyping and supplier collaboration to optimize cost and quality.

Skills

CAD modeling

Mechanical design principles

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Multilingual

Travel readiness

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Creo

FEA

CFD

DFMEA

GD&T

Job description

Sr. Engineer - Performance Showering

Location: Onsite, four days per week – Kohler, WI

Opportunity

Theprimary responsibility of the Sr. Engineer – Performance Showering roleis to deliver innovative consumer products as part of a highly collaborativecross-functional team. The Sr Project Engineer must combine strong technicalskills, collaborative leadership, creativity, and business acumen to bringcomplex system products from initial concept through to production.
We are lookingfor someone who:

• Leveragescreative problem solvingto design innovative, cost effective, and functional faucet products that delight customers and represent the Kohler brand.
  
• Brings apositive approach and collaborateswith cross functional teams including marketing, program management, industrial design, and manufacturing operations to deliver products on time, within budget.
  
• Ispassionate about innovationand consistently searches for opportunities to create transformative products.
  
• Understands broad range material andmanufacturing process knowledgeincluding: casting, forging, stamping, injection molding, welding, tube bending, hydroforming.Special focus in plastic injection molding design for manufacturing.
  
• Contributes to and leverages a diverse andglobal engineering organization.
  
• Exhibits strong mechanical aptitude and has established individual engineering design process.
  
• Demonstrated skill in ideation and creative design. Candidates with strong interest in CAD design and advanced prototyping are preferred.

What you will be doing:

Create

• Partner with Product Marketing and Industrial Design to develop a product specification using consumer research, market data, and sales feedback.
• Study consumer behaviors and competitive products to develop solutions that provide innovative and/or increased value to a customer
  Provide high-level feasibility analysis on initial product concepts

Refine

• Develop and refine concepts using 3D modeling software (Creo), FEA, and CFD.
• Utilize tools such as DFMEA and engineering design critiques to identify and eliminate or mitigate high risk failure modes.
• Leverage our world class on-site prototyping and test lab capabilities to create physical prototypes to validate product features.
• Work with our internal manufacturing team as well as suppliers to balance cost, performance, quality, and project timing.
• Validate product value through consumer and/or human experience research.
  

Implement

• Perform engineering calculations, tolerance stacks, and develop detailed technical drawings, incorporating engineering standards and GD&T.
• Optimize design using DfM (Design for Manufacturing) principles to ensure reliable, stable, and efficient mass production.
• Ensure regulatory compliance through careful product verification test planning.
• Support manufacturing ramp up by providing on-site feedback during pre-production builds.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in an engineering discipline required, Mechanical Engineering preferred
• 4+ years of engineering workexperience.
• Demonstrate aworking knowledge of CAD modeling.
• Sound technical judgement and technical communication skills
• Multi-lingual skills preferred, written and spoken (English,Spanish, Mandarin)
• International and domestic travel as needed (~10%)

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