Senior Product Engineer

Open the Door to Your Future with Clopay Corporation & CornellCookson At Clopay Corporation, we are more than just North America’s largest residential and commercial garage door manufacturer—we are a powerhouse of innovation, safety, and design. Through our premier brands, we lead the industry in providing groundbreaking high-performance closure solutions for both the places people call home and the spaces where the world does business. Headquartered in Mason, Ohio, and operating state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Troy, Ohio, Russia, Ohio, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, and Goodyear, Arizona, we are a proud American-owned company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation. Our reach extends across 55+ distribution centers and thousands of retail locations in the U.S. and Canada ensuring that we deliver the right door for every opening – from homes to businesses and beyond. By joining our team, you become part of a legacy that blends the residential elegance of Clopay, known as "America’s Favorite Garage Doors," with the industrial strength and 180-year heritage of our rolling brands, Cornell and Cookson. Together, we secure everything from family garages to the world's most iconic stadiums and skyscrapers. We currently have an opening for a Senior Product Engineer in our Mason, Ohio location. Summary: Design, plan, test, communicate, and implement product engineering projects. Concentrate on the current product line, including specification maintenance, product design improvements, product approval, customer technical support, special applications, product education, and shop floor information. Responsibilities/Principal Duties: Resolve product related issues, including product design, feature enhancements, value engineering, installation, and applications. Works closely with Marketing, Sales, Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Engineering, and purchasing.Implement strategic, multiple-plant, assigned product engineering projects via the engineering change process procedure. Completes other product engineering projects as assigned. Lead design engineer on projects with capital expenditures of over $1,000,000.Initiate and implement product improvement and cost reduction ideas.Implement product changes and specification changes in a timely manner in conjunction with other functional areas throughout Clopay. Troubleshoot production problems directly related to engineering specifications and bills of material.Create detailed engineering analysis based on testing, experience, scientific theory, and engineering principles for use in the design and application of the product line or new product line extensions.Communicate product specifications and product changes to internal customers and help in communications to external customers. Use the Engineering Release/Notice procedure as the primary tool in accomplishing this task and direct communications with external customers as required.Train and educate various internal and external customers on product offerings and product specifications. Internal customers include production, marketing, and sales. External customers include customers, consumers, and regulatory agencies (governmental, legal).Responsible for developing product cost and capital expenditure data as required.Travel as required to customers, manufacturing plants, vendors, and to provide other company representation.Assist sales representatives or customers in understanding their product requirements, installation methods, and their proper applications. Makes suggestions on available alternatives if possible. Supervisory Responsibilities: Collaborative technical supervision.(If assigned) Engineering Co-ops: extensive supervision; CAD Operators: moderate supervision. Qualifications: Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred.Engineer with minimum eight years’ experience in the garage door industry or ten years of other product engineering experience, with exposure to various types of manufacturing processes.Heavily involved in product design and specifications.Must be able to use common computer packages, including 3-D CAD, spreadsheet, word processing, and capital expenditure programs. Equal Opportunity Employer Disclaimer: "This posting does not constitute a contract or guarantee of employment or compensation. Compensation ranges and employment terms are subject to change at the company’s discretion based on skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, market conditions and geographical location." "The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed. The above statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the incumbent in this position.