Description:
Hotstart designs and manufactures thermal management solutions for industrial equipment markets. We are seeking a Product Engineer for our Design Engineering team in Spokane, Washington. This role serves as the technical owner for assigned product lines, leading cross-functional projects and initiatives that improve product performance, reliability, manufacturability, compliance, cost, and customer value.
Requirements:
Primary Position Responsibilities:
- Own assigned product lines throughout their lifecycle, including initial release, improvements, engineering changes, reactivations, new or custom configurations, and obsolescence
- Manage and lead cross-functional engineering projects from concept through validation, release, and implementation, managing scope, priorities, and action items
- Identify and implement product improvements that enhance product performance, reliability, quality, manufacturability, safety, and cost competitiveness
- Define and communicate engineering requirements through specifications, redlines, design reviews, testing, and technical guidance while supporting product documentation and engineering data management
- Investigate production, supplier, customer, and field issues; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
- Support Sales and customers with product selection, application, testing, troubleshooting, and optimization
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, IT, suppliers, and other stakeholders to improve products and processes
- Participate in prototype builds, laboratory and field testing, regulatory activities, and occasional travel
Preferred Qualifications, Skills, and Attributes:
- BS or MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 2+ years of relevant product, design, sustaining, or manufacturing engineering experience
- Proficiency with 3D CAD software and engineering documentation practices; SolidWorks experience preferred
- Knowledge of change management, BOMs, ERP/PDM systems, root cause analysis, and design validation
- Project management experience, including planning, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination
- Knowledge of circuits, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics preferred
- Experience with industrial equipment, electromechanical products, manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA principles, supplier changes, or regulatory compliance and standards preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel
- Self-starter with strong technical judgment, project leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills
