Newell Brands is a leading $8.5B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 28,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

The Graco and Baby Jogger brands are market leaders and set the standard in the car seat industry for safety, quality, features, and exceptional longevity and value. Our products are put to the test daily protecting children in motor vehicle accidents all over the world.

Job Summary:

This position will join our product development team to help drive impactful innovation and products into the market. The R&D Engineer will lead engineering efforts through Graco’s Product Development Process and ensure the product meets or exceeds expectations from a cost, timing, and specification standpoint. In addition, the position will require the ability to work quickly and effectively with other disciplines including Marketing, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Quality, & Supply Chain. This position will be based in our Atlanta Headquarters. Some domestic and international travel (less than 10%) will be required.

Job Responsibilities:

Product Engineering – 40%

• Works with peers in marketing, design, usability, quality, and manufacturing to ensure all stakeholder needs are met.

• Analyzes product design to optimize performance and efficiency of deliverables.

• Supports costing and capital expenditure analysis activities.

• Understands and applies federal, industry and internal standards and ensures products meet safety, compliance, and performance requirements.

• Supports tooling development and pre-production sample builds.

Product Validation – 40%

· Supports validation test plan development.

· Supports pre-production crash testing in both internal and external test labs.

· Analyzes test results to understand product performance.

· Fabricates prototype samples for testing using basic hand, power and bench tools.

Design Engineering – 20%

· Utilizes Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of parts and assemblies to support validation activities.

· Works with internal and external suppliers to refine the product design and optimize it for manufacturing.

· Uses our state-of-the-art RP capability to build prototypes for evaluation and testing.

Required Qualifications/Skills:

· Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or similar disciplines

· 2-5 years of product development or product design engineering experience

· Strong passion for problem solving and driving excellence

· Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with various stakeholders

· Working knowledge of 3D CAD (Creo or SolidWorks Preferred)

· Strong working knowledge of mechanical engineering fundamentals: static analysis, dynamic analysis, deformable bodies, mechanism design

· Comfort using basic hand, power and bench tools to fabricate prototypes and modify test samples

Desired Qualifications/Skills:

· Consumer product development experience

· Design for plastic injection molding experience

· Product validation and verification activities experience

· Working knowledge of FEA software for structural analysis

· Working knowledge of rapid prototyping techniques and applications

_Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.