Research and Development Engineer

Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Thomasville, North Carolina, United States
Full-time

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you.

Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need :

Mohawk is looking for a Product Engineer who can achieve more for the Mohawk Wood & Laminate division. This position will be a key member of the Product Team and will be responsible for supporting the wood products business segment.

Reporting to the Senior R&D Engineer, this position will participate on, and ultimately lead, product and process innovation projects.

In addition, they will support the Design Team with critical technical design input and new product sample creation.

What you’ll do :

  • Participate on product and process innovation projects as directed. Quickly develop the knowledge and skills to lead innovation projects.
  • Perform trials in the manufacturing plants to determine the feasibility and cost impact of new product concepts and to improve the productivity and cost of existing processes.
  • Work closely with vendors to develop new materials and new capabilities as needed to support innovation initiatives.
  • Work with the global R&D Team to implement new-to-the-industry technologies in the US manufacturing plants.
  • Lead the new product sample creation process in support of the Design and Product Management Teams.
  • Provide technical design support to the Design Team.
  • Take ownership of the cross-functional new product development process to ensure new product launches are optimized for operational efficiency while achieving customer requirements.
  • Verify first production runs of new products are fully compliant with all specifications.

What you have :

  • Four-year engineering degree, preferably Mechanical or Materials engineering.
  • 2-5 years’ work experience in manufacturing process development within the consumer goods market.
  • Previous experience working in high volume manufacturing and / or wood products is a plus.
  • Proven track record of successfully leading, managing, and implementing multiple projects under tight deadlines.

What you’re good at :

  • Skilled at analyzing problems, identifying potential solutions and developing a test plan to validate solutions.
  • Experience in collecting and analyzing data to arrive at verified solutions.
  • Ability to lead, integrate, coordinate and communicate cross-functionally and cross-culturally.
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment and tolerates ambiguity.
  • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
  • 30+ days ago
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