Product Development Engineer

Position Overview

Join Harmac—a company that for over 40 years has manufactured quality medical devices and positively impacted its community—as a Product Engineer. In this full-time on‑site role at our Buffalo, N.Y. plant (2201 Bailey Ave), you will work 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday) and report directly to the Product Engineering Supervisor. You will plan, design, and develop new products and manufacturing processes according to customer specifications and internal procedures. The compensation range for this role is dependent on your previous experience and education history.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate development and startup activities with internal departments and customers.
• Manage and maintain project schedules to meet internal and customer deadlines.
• Review customer specifications and translate them into product engineering requirements.
• Outline materials, processes, tooling, and labor content.
• Prepare prints, bills of materials, process documentation, and other engineering documents.
• Design, develop, qualify, and validate manufacturing tooling, equipment, and processes.
• Maintain engineering documentation to reflect changes in customer, vendor, or internal specifications.
• Monitor new technologies to enhance cost margins, manufacturability, safety, throughput, and yields.
• Assist the sales department in estimating materials, labor, and tooling for quotations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 3–5 years of related experience and/or training.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, or Industrial Engineering (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Familiarity with regulated industries and medical device manufacturing is a plus.
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes and the ability to work with detailed engineering documentation.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, stand, walk, sit, and meet specific vision requirements (close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception); occasional travel by air, car, or train is required.

Benefits & Perks

• Paid holidays and vacations
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Quarterly bonuses
• Subsidized cafeteria costs
• Peer recognition initiatives
• Summer scholarships for children and grandchildren of employees
• Onsite gym and free daily fruit
• Employee of the Month program
• Onsite social worker assistance