Product Engineer

PRADCO Outdoor Brands (PRADCO) manufactures and markets major hunting and fishing brands and products. We are a leader in producing game calls, scents, attractants, game feeders, game cameras, tree stands and fishing lures. PRADCO Hunting owns the brands Moultrie, Summit, Knight & Hale, Code Blue, Texas Hunter Products and Whitetail Institute. PRADCO Fishing owns more than 20 brands including Bobby Garland, Booyah, Heddon, Lindy, Rebel, Thill, and YUM. For more information on PRADCO products, please visit our website at www.pradcooutdoorbrands.com. PRADCO team members participate in a selection of outstanding benefits, including: Profit Sharing Trust, Excellent Medical/Dental/Drug/Vision benefits, and many other benefits.

The Product Engineer position will support the development of innovative, high quality, marketable products for the Summit Treestands and MaxxTuff product lines in the Business Unit. This position is responsible for designing products to meet consumer requirements that are capable of efficient production and are cost effective. The position is expected to work collaboratively with Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Customer Service, Legal, and Sales to meet customer needs and support the strategic goals of the Outdoor Products Division (OPD) of PRADCO Outdoor Brands.

Scope & Responsibilities:

• Engineer products that push the market segment forward and garner consumer interest while maintaining the quality of the brands.
• Enhance existing technologies and products to meet product performance expectations, marketing, and sales requirements, and deliver the financial goals of POB.
• Work collaboratively with Marketing and Sales teams and be mindful of release timelines for new products and development.

Specific Duties:

• Create and execute designs for existing product changes and all new product development for the brands.
• Generate, update, and communicate product specification documents defining product design and manufacturing. Submit engineering changes to manufacturing in a timely manner.
• Define factory specifications and key measures. Work with manufacturing to ensure quality and durability of products.
• Maintain appropriate engineering procedures throughout the product development process to achieve engineering deliverables which include cost, reliability, and manufacturing objectives.
• Work within the discipline of the new product development process to ensure only products that meet requirements and are approved are developed.
• Develop and execute test protocols based on real world product use to ensure function and durability of products.
• Study and understand industry standards and incorporate into products and instructions.
• Support launch activities in manufacturing facilities and assembly plants.
• Carry out other duties, responsibilities, and projects as may be assigned, in an effective manner.

• B.S. in Engineering (Mechanical) from an accredited college/university.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in a similar role.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Known as collaborative, engaging and team oriented. Partners well within department and across organizations.
• Unquestionable personal integrity.
• Clear ability to prioritize and execute all relevant tasks.
• Have passion, enthusiasm, and absolute drive for results with a clear focus on profitability.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts/problems effectively and quickly.
• Self-motivated and innovative.
• Proficient in utilizing Microsoft tools for data analysis, project tracking and presentations.
• May require sitting for long periods of time in an office environment.

• A background in the hunting or outdoor sporting goods market.
• Familiar with PRADCO Outdoor Brands products and a regular user of products in the outdoor market segment.
• Ability to identify critical development issues via root-cause analysis and provide solutions in the form of long- and short-term countermeasures.

• Competent in professional analysis and product development
• Experience in Solidworks usage / management and design software (Creo/Autodesk)

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