Product Engineer

Position Overview

Landscape Forms is seeking a seasoned professional who thrives at the intersection of design and manufacturing. In this Lifecycle Product Engineer role, you'll maintain legacy product engineering and lead continuous improvement initiatives across the Landscape Forms family of brands. You'll take ownership of strategic improvements that enhance performance, quality, margin, and safety, while collaborating with presidents, designers, engineers, supply chain, and production teams. This is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence as needed in accordance with our Flexible Work Guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure product improvements meet design and performance standards through validation and testing.
• Lead and support large-scale projects focused on growth, innovation, and cost savings.
• Use project management tools to track timelines, address challenges, and meet milestones.
• Generate cost-saving ideas by collaborating with manufacturing and operations teams.
• Maintain accurate engineering documentation, including FMEA, tolerance stack-ups, PDL, and test logs.
• Stay current on materials, manufacturing technologies, and testing standards.
• Contribute to project budgeting, tracking, and spending.
• Collaborate on prototype development with engineering, design, and model shop teams.
• Take on additional projects and responsibilities as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, with a minimum of 5 years in product development, continuous improvement, or project management.
• Proven success in customer service, problem-solving, and developing product solutions.
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement and confident, informed decision-making.
• Collaborative and team-oriented, with a positive attitude and strong relationship-building skills.
• Self-motivated and organized, with the ability to manage tasks independently and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to convey technical information across all levels.
• Proficient in quality tools such as FMEA, Gage R&R, capability studies, GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, standard deviation, and CMM use.
• Familiar with manufacturing equipment including lathes, mills, routers, plasma, laser, rollers, welders, and presses.
• Skilled in SolidWorks, Microsoft Office, blueprint reading, and project management.
• Experienced in metal fabrication, cellular manufacturing, and materials such as steel, aluminum, wood, concrete, and plastics.
• Capable of analyzing complex data sets and applying engineering calculations to structural solutions.

Benefits & Perks

• Insurance benefits available on your first day.
• 401(k) plans
• Family and parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness programs
• Quarterly bonuses
• Paid time off