Newell Brands Inc

Product Development Engineer

Newell Brands Inc • $70K — $95K *
Huntersville, NC 28078In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical/Mechanical/Plastics/Mechatronics) or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in product development engineering
  • Strong interpersonal and program management skills, able to facilitate NPD Gate process
  • Proficiency in problem solving, organizational skills, and risk evaluation
  • Experience with prototyping, design validation, and testing
  • Basic competency in 3D CAD software (Solidworks or Creo)
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Responsibilities

  • Lead engineering efforts for new product development from conception to launch
  • Ensure products meet cost, technical, and performance requirements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive projects and solutions
  • Generate engineering specifications and lead documentation efforts
  • Develop test plans and work with testing labs to verify designs
  • Conduct design reviews and lead technical assessments with teams
  • Identify opportunities for product design improvements and implement changes

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
  • Involvement in the full lifecycle of innovative product development
  • Flexible work hours with some business travel and project meetings
  • Direct contribution to enhancing consumer products and experiences
  • Engagement with various disciplines including marketing, quality, and supply chain
Full Job Description
Job ID: 15968

The Product Development Engineer will be responsible for new product development (NPD) projects for small household appliances for both new and existing products, while working within a cross-functional team.

This position will include the following activities:
  • Own the engineering efforts on NPD projects from conception through production launch, while following Newell Brands Product Development Process
  • Ensure the kitchen appliance meets or exceeds expectations from a cost, technical execution, specification development, and product performance standpoint
  • Require the ability to work effectively with other disciplines including Program Management, Marketing, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality, and Supply Chain
  • Demonstrate technical expertise, root cause analysis, problem solving and judgement in evaluating complex issues and developing innovative solutions
  • Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team atmosphere
  • Ideal candidate should be motivated and exhibit a strong sense of urgency, demonstrate ownership of their technical deliverables, drive accountability of others and be driven to succeed with the foresight to plan for and ability to overcome obstacles, while promoting a positive team environment
  • Require some business travel and periodic meetings outside normal business hours


Job Responsibilities
  • Contribute to development of innovative products and solutions that meet customer expectations, meet quality and financial requirements as well as meet industry and government compliance standards
  • Support multiple product development projects using a Stage/Gate process with a focus on defining the timeline and key milestones. Ensure deliverables are executed on time, to cost and to quality specification
  • Demonstrates the capability to understand consumer needs, participate in observing consumer usage of our products and translating the needs and preferences into technical specifications
  • Generate Engineering Product Specifications, lead the development of DFMEA documents, DVP&R and Quality Specification
  • Collaborate to create test plans and collaborate with internal test lab and/or outside labs that confirm the design goals
  • Draft and review ECN and complete ECN related tasks
  • Review Drawings and CAD and lead cross functional team in Design and Technical reviews
  • Conduct IP searches and collaborate with legal team on IP clearance and on patent filing
  • Review results from manufacturing trials, testing, measurements, and related documentation from initial tooling trials through production qualification (PPAP). Evaluate results and propose/lead changes to product design, tooling, and/or process
  • Benchmark competitive products and identify design alternatives
  • Work with cross functional team to assess design for safety, manufacturability, reliability, and other best practices
  • Complete technical reviews of product complaints and provide technical support to resolve these issues
  • Identify opportunities to revise and improve product design or product performance and implement these improvements to our product lines
  • Participate on cross functional teams to identify and resolve complex technical issues, implement large-scale product or process improvements, or major cost reductions
  • Have effective interpersonal skills, especially communication, exhibiting ability to express ideas precisely, persuasively, and effectively.
  • Apply knowledge of different materials to select suitable material for different products
  • Apply knowledge of injection molding process to select suitable manufacturing process for different products


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Plastics/Mechatronics Engineering, or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in related field
  • Demonstrates strong interpersonal and program management capabilities with the ability to facilitate the project through the NPD Gate process
  • Demonstrates Problem Solving, Organizational, Planning and prioritization, Multi-tasking, Risk evaluation and mitigation skills
  • Demonstrates prototyping/design validation and testing skills
  • Demonstrate basic competency in 3D CAD (Solidworks or Creo preferred), with ability to complete detailed review of 3D models and assessment of 2D drawings
  • Demonstrates knowledge or ability to learn relevant manufacturing processes utilized in the production for small household appliances
  • Demonstrates excellent communication skills-verbal and written
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in consumer products is plus
  • Experience with electro-mechanical devices

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Date Posted: Jul 14, 2026

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Learn more about Newell Brands Inc
Size
32,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Food & Beverages
Net Income
-$770 million
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
+2.9%
Revenue
$9.3 billion
NASDAQ
NWL
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