Opportunity
Make Your Mark
As a key technical contributor to New Product Development, a Project Engineer for Commercial Faucets Engineering is uniquely positioned to identify and drive new innovations, develop exceptional products, and create great user experiences.  If you’re the type of engineer who likes to get into the details of different products in the commercial area, this position working with the different product platforms is for you. You will gain experience in engineered plastics, electronics, metals, elastomers, precision design and manufacturing processes. Working in highly cross-functional teams, you will innovate, design, test and validate parts, assemblies, and systems that delight customers. You will drive innovation and reliability which will directly contribute to Kohler’s leadership in the global kitchen and bath industry.
How You’ll Contribute
Show your skills: Apply engineering fundamentals and structured problem solving to design and validate components, subsystems, and products. Participate in and conduct technical feasibility analysis of new concepts. Test and qualify innovations.  Collaborate with engineering peers for insight, feedback, and in-depth review to make your technical work the best it can be.Collaborate to succeed: Partner with your global cross-functional teammates in Marketing, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Industrial Design. Face the hard decisions head-on and use the variety of team perspectives to generate better solutions. Recommend next steps and drive alignment with business leadership to launch quality products with speed and consistency.Utilize Global Talent: Engage Centers of Excellence and Technical Centers around the globe to complete project deliverables and promote parts/modules reuse.Help make us better: Evaluate designs for environmental sustainability and recommend improvements. Push the envelope for Materials and Electro-mechanical designs.  Benchmark to know ourselves as well as the competitors. Visit customers and engage experts to understand installation needs and opportunities for quality improvements.Maximize the attention to detail you’ve cultivated as an engineer. Structure and coordinate test requests, prototype builds, bills of materials, engineering timelines, technical communications, and other engineering activities in support of new product launches.
Specific Responsibilities
Documents and achieves product specifications: customer, regulatory, and technical requirements.Assures functional acceptability through application of engineering tools, analysis, and testing.  This includes prototyping, simulation, DFA, DFMEA and qualification.Prepares detailed projects and/or technical plans for product development and/or improvement.Interfaces with senior engineers, support personnel, and outside groups involving product design, documentation, development, drafting, prototype construction, and test of product concepts.Documents and presents experiences to share knowledge within and outside the department.Contributes to improvement of products and processes.Utilizes 3D CAD software (PTC Creo) for the realization of concepts or designs.Occasional travel to visit suppliers, customers, tradeshows, and other Kohler locations as required.Performs other duties as assigned.