The Senior Product Development Engineer will lead the mechanical development of essential consumer products that have national and international exposure to millions of consumers. This involves working with a creative, collaborative team of engineering and design professionals, test labs, marketing, industrial design, and sales towards the successful launch of new consumer products.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop technical solutions of a project to include initial scoping, design concept generation, functional prototyping, design validation, manufacturing validation, and development of value engineering plans through product launch
• Understands and shares best practices, processes and customers. Contribute to standards and best practices as required
• Follow a standard engineering workflow, with milestones, and specific deliverables to be complimented with an innovative, continuous improvement spirit and obsession for exceeding customer expectations
• Investigate and prescribe optimized materials and manufacturing processes for a given component and sub-systems. Look beyond current material and manufacturing standards, and integrate outside industry best practices and manufacturing innovation into the development
• Apply critical thinking to understand depth of design and to predict why, when, and how designs fail
• Understanding of Cooper Standard product lines outside of main discipline  Understand customer required standards/design guides and uses this understanding to accomplish strategic objectives
• Effective leadership of collaborative sessions within and outside technical domain to gather information and vet technical opportunities, consumer needs, and optimized design
• Generate novel technical innovation that can be used to gain competitive advantage
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Mentor and support new product development engineers
• Ability to solve problems in complex situations with minimal supervision; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience, judgment and advanced problem-solving tools
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description

Cooper Standard is proud of its diverse workforce and committed to providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, age, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are dedicated to creating an environment at work that not only values diversity but also encourages inclusion and a sense of belonging. We firmly believe that a diverse workplace fosters an environment where our employees can flourish and provide superior service to our customers.

Because we recognize and value the range of ways in which people acquire experiences, whether via personal, professional, education, or volunteerism, we invite interested applicants to evaluate the key duties and requirements and apply for any opportunities that fit your experience and qualifications.

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