Sustaining Product Engineer - Automotive Fluids

Old World Industries, LLC; Northbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Identity theft insurance

Disability insurance

FSAs/HSAs

Employee assistance program

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Additional benefits

Job summary

Old World Industries in Northbrook, IL seeks a Product Engineer – Sustaining to own and improve existing Automotive and Industrial Fluids products through lifecycle. You will partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to resolve issues, improve cost and manufacturability, and ensure performance and compliance.

You will lead sustaining engineering activities, perform root-cause analyses, manage change requests, and maintain specifications and BOMs while supporting cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical discipline.
• Ability to understand product specifications, formulations, materials requirements, manufacturing processes, and quality systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills including root cause analysis, data interpretation, and disciplined decision-making.
• Cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in wet chemistry lab environment; familiar with basic laboratory practice.

Responsibilities

• Sustain existing products including technical troubleshooting, product changes, and lifecycle management.
• Lead or support engineering change requests related to materials, supplier changes, processes, packaging, cost reduction, and quality improvements.
• Collaborate with R&D to maintain product knowledge, specs, formulations, and test methods.
• Investigate nonconformances, customer complaints, deviations, and corrective actions with root-cause analysis.
• Work with Manufacturing to improve manufacturability, yield, throughput, and consistency while maintaining specs.
• Support Supply Chain by evaluating alternate materials, supplier qualifications, and continuity of supply.
• Maintain and update specifications, BOMs, test requirements, and change records.
• Analyze performance, data, and feedback to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support regulatory updates by coordinating with stakeholders.

Skills

Product lifecycle management

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Wet chemistry lab experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or related discipline

Job description

Old World Industries in Northbrook, IL seeks a Product Engineer – Sustaining to own and improve existing Automotive and Industrial Fluids products through lifecycle. You will partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to resolve issues, improve cost and manufacturability, and ensure performance and compliance.

You will lead sustaining engineering activities, perform root-cause analyses, manage change requests, and maintain specifications and BOMs while supporting cross-functional