Job Description

The ITW Residential & Renovation Product Development team is responsible for creating new innovative products and maintaining existing fastening solutions for the professional construction contractors under industry leading brands like GRK, Tapcon, Paslode, and Teks. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing NPD projects from Discovery to Deployment utilizing ITW’s Innovation Framework with oversight for the mechanical design, timeline management, cross-functional communication, and resource management.

Position Location: Glenview, IL

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and development of new and innovative mechanical anchors utilizing a combination of analytical tools, evaluation methods, and practical experience to achieve project objectives (product performance, manufacturability, cost, quality, timing).
• Develop solutions and determine feasibility/risk assessments through practical and analytical methods (rapid prototyping, tolerance stack ups, design studies, FEA, DFMEA, root cause analysis, Design of Experiments, test plans, lessons learned, etc).
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to develop processes and tooling necessary to manufacture new products.
• Work with cross functional team to understand customer’s needs and translate to engineering requirements.
• Understand and communicate industry trends through technology landscaping and product benchmarking in support of establishing an NPD/Innovation pipeline.
• Support continuous improvement activities to enhance current products’ performance, quality, manufacturability, and cost.
• Provide project leadership and communicate status to a broad range of constituents via written and verbal communication.
• Scope/define project and manage 3rd party resources with deep technical knowledge.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minimum 2-5 years industry experience
• Knowledge of Metallurgy, __ strength of materials, and the effects of metallurgical properties on product performance.
• Demonstrated Solid Modeling experience – SolidWorks preferred
• Excellent project management capabilities
• Applied statistics
• Entrepreneurial mindset

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND TRAITS:

• History of developing mechanical anchors and screws with working knowledge of cold heading, thread rolling, heat treatment, plating and coating various grades of carbon and stainless steels
• Experience with testing for and obtaining construction industry code approvals (ICC-ES, UL, FM, etc)
• Familiarity with laboratory equipment for tensile, shear, and corrosion
• Broad technical knowledge of Mechanical Design, FEA, and materials
• Knowledge of mechanical connections in concrete and cementitious structures
• Proven track record of technical project and team leadership
• Intellectually curious with a driving interest in new technology
• Understanding of development processes and methodologies

Additional Information

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