Senior Project Engineer, Abrasives – Hybrid
This is a hybrid position and requires onsite work 3 days per week at our East Longmeadow, MA location.
East Longmeadow, MA
Come Make the World With Us
It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of 53,000+ professionals in 60 countries who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, STANLEY, BLACK+DECKER, IRWIN, LENOX and more.
Who We Are
We’re the World’s largest tool company. We design and develop the tools that are used to change the world every day here in our Engineering headquarters in Towson, Maryland. Our design teams are involved with every step of the process, bringing these world class products to life. From conducting end user research to identify new needs, designing and prototyping tools to ensure we meet our customers high expectations, to creating robust tests to guarantee the tools we make stand up to the toughest environments, our engineers own every aspect of the process along the way.
The Job
Within the Hand Tools, Accessories, & Storage Group of Stanley Black & Decker, you will be responsible for New Product Development of the Abrasives Product Category. The Abrasives product category includes, but is not limited to, Bonded and Coated Abrasives, Wire Wheels, and Diamond Blades. You’ll be responsible for
Design, development and manufacturing support of abrasive products, and component ideas and concepts that will meet our manufacturing, safety, quality, compliance, cost, and marketing objectives.
Estimate development costs and monitor assigned projects through all phases of development.
Perform sampling, product testing, and documentation, including the writing of product performance specifications and test plans.
Prepare models, costs, technical data, product documentation and/or initiate requests for model making and testing services.
Position involves close coordination with manufacturing, marketing, industrial design, and customer base.
Lead product development programs using the SBD Phase Gate process meeting all quality, performance, schedule, and cost objectives in a cross-functional environment.
Analyze test data, draw conclusions, determine next steps, and communicate to internal stakeholders and/or external suppliers about sound product design recommendations.
Create and maintain engineering documentation such as BOMs, CAD models, Test Plans, Evaluation Summaries, Product and Material Specifications, and Cost Info.
Contribute to customer research for CTQ evaluation and product acceptance by supporting field research questionnaires and visits.
Partner with cross-functional teams as a technical leader to apply critical thinking, analysis and problem solving to design new product specifications based on defined customer requirements (CTQs).
Coordinate prototyping and testing procedures to support new product development and competitive benchmarking in accordance with applicable requirements and present to executive and cross-functional teams on a regular basis.
The Person
You always strive to do a good job…but wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality – at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
7-10+ years of related experience in product design/development, preferably in the Abrasives field.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering or equivalent required.
Demonstrated leadership, project management, and decision-making skills to obtain performance, schedule, and cost objectives in a cross-functional and/or technical environment.
Excellent problem-solving skills and hands-on abilities to…