Product Development Engineer - Mass Timber Hardware

My-Ti-Con Timber Connectors Inc. DBA MTC Solutions•Surrey, BC

4d•CA$80,000 - CA$120,000

About The Position

MTC Solutions is seeking a Product Development Engineer to join its Research & Development team. This role focuses on developing new connection technologies and generating the physical test data required for market introduction. The engineer will be involved in the full product-development cycle, from understanding needs and developing concepts to prototyping, supporting testing, analyzing results, and refining designs. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving open-ended technical problems and creating practical products. The ideal candidate is technically curious, creative, cost-aware, and practical, capable of integrating various parameters like strength, stiffness, geometry, wood behavior, installation, fire performance, manufacturing cost, quality control, and market need into efficient hardware solutions.

Requirements

You are an engineer who likes to invent, build, test, and improve things.
You are comfortable when the answer is not obvious at the beginning, and you can move from uncertainty to a defensible technical recommendation.
You enjoy physical products and testing, but you are also comfortable with calculations, technical documentation, and project planning.
You can balance technical ambition with practical judgment, manufacturability, cost, quality control, and installation reality.
You take ownership and are motivated by seeing an idea progress from a rough concept to a validated product that can be used in the field.
Proficiency in English required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Structural, Timber, Mechanical Engineering, or another relevant engineering discipline.
Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation, or EIT able to apply for P.Eng. in the near term.
3-8 years of relevant engineering, product-development, structural design, testing, or applied research experience preferred; exceptional candidates outside this range will also be considered.
Strong understanding of mechanics, structural behaviour, materials, and engineering fundamentals.
Experience in timber engineering, structural connections, fasteners, mass timber, or building products is strongly preferred.
Experience with physical testing, prototyping, laboratory research, product validation, or experimental engineering is considered a strong asset.
Experience with CAD and engineering analysis tools.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership of technical projects, make engineering recommendations, and move open-ended problems toward practical solutions.
Strong project management, communication, technical writing, and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with engineers, technologists, Operations, suppliers, and external research partners.

Responsibilities

Develop new structural connection products and improvements to existing MTC hardware from early concept through technical validation.
Translate market needs, installation challenges, structural requirements, and manufacturing constraints into practical product concepts.
Perform calculations and analytical work to understand structural behavior, compare concepts, define design requirements, and support product decisions.
Develop CAD models, drawings, prototypes, test fixtures, and other materials required to evaluate and iterate new concepts.
Participate directly in physical research work, including preparing specimens, moving timber components, installing prototypes, setting up fixtures, supporting lab testing, and reviewing failure modes.
Develop test plans, coordinate specimen preparation and instrumentation, execute or support testing, and analyze test results.
Use test results, engineering analysis, constructability, manufacturability, installation requirements, and field feedback to refine product designs.
Investigate new connection concepts, materials, testing methods, standards, approval pathways, and technologies relevant to mass timber construction.
Plan and drive assigned R&D projects from initial concept through testing and technical validation, coordinating priorities, schedules, budgets, internal contributors, and external partners as required.
Clearly document assumptions, methodologies, calculations, test results, design decisions, revisions, and project conclusions.
Work closely with Product Application Engineering, Technical Service, Business Development, Operations, manufacturers, research laboratories, universities, and other external partners.