Product Engineer

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers' most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes."> Product Engineer-Senneca Holdings-2 Locations Available

Product Engineer

At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers' expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers' most important assets…people, products, capital investments and processes.

2 Locations Available

Senneca Holdings

Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.

Note: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.

https://senneca.com/

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Full Time

Overview: Company Paid: Life Insurance, STD, and LTD

3 weeks PTO

9 paid holidays in 2026

Parental Leave

Additional Benefits:

401k with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Employee Discount Programs

Miscellaneous other optional benefits

Career development and tuition assistance

Diverse, inclusive and welcoming culture

Job Summary:

Serve as a Product Engineer, with a primary focus on leading new product development from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch.

Report to Director of Engineering and Work cross-functionally with the Operations, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Sales, and other stakeholders to define project scope, build timelines, manage risks, and move development work through key decisions and deliverables.

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Responsibilities: Product Design:

• Partner with the Director of Engineering to design, redesign, and improve products and features that better support operations, manufacturability, and customer requirements.
• Apply DFMA principles to current and future products to improve ease of manufacturing, assembly, quality, and cost.
• Review existing product lines for cost reduction, simplification, and rationalization opportunities.
• Own and maintain accurate design documentation, including CAD drawings, specifications, bills of material, website content, installation instructions, troubleshooting guides, and related technical materials.
• Ensure product designs meet applicable customer specifications, internal standards, regulatory requirements, and defined testing criteria.

Product Development:

• Lead new product development projects from concept through prototype, validation, and production launch.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional action items for assigned development work.
• Coordinate with Sales, Process Engineers, Operations, Quality, and other stakeholders to align project scope, timing, risks, and launch requirements.
• Identify and support new manufacturing technologies that help improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and other company KPIs.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions needed, and next steps clearly to leadership and cross-functional teams.

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Requirements: Required Experience:

• Experience creating clear, simple, and accurate instructions, procedures, and technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills with internal teams, external customers, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficiency with 3D parametric design software such as Inventor, Creo, or SolidWorks.
• Experience using AutoCAD.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• High attention to detail with the ability to produce accurate, professional, and error-free work on schedule.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment while independently managing assigned priorities.
• Familiarity with engineering design processes, including concept development, physical design, procurement support, testing, failure root cause analysis, and PPAP.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Infor CSI or a similar ERP system.
• DFMA experience.
• Strong critical thinking skills and experience using systematic problem-solving methods.
• Demonstrated ability to develop practical, creative, and manufacturable design solutions.

Competencies:

• Paygrade/position competencies, per Competency Map.

Travel Requirements:

• Some travel Required 

Physical Requirements:

• Physical requirements to be finalized based on company standards for this role.

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