Senior Engineer, Product Engineering

Tempur Sealy International•Trinity, NC

About The Position

Tempur Sealy is committed to improving the sleep of more people, every night, all around the world. As a leading designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of bedding products worldwide, we know how crucial a good night of sleep is to overall health and wellness. Utilizing over a century of knowledge and industry-leading innovation, we deliver award-winning products that provide breakthrough sleep solutions to consumers in over 100 countries. Our highly recognized brands include Tempur-Pedic®, Sealy® and Stearns & Foster®. We hire people who have a passion for helping others find their best night’s sleep. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Tempur Sealy! Tempur Sealy is committed to improving the sleep of more people, every night, all around the world. As a leading designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of bedding products worldwide, we know how crucial a good night of sleep is to overall health and wellness. Utilizing over a century of knowledge and industry-leading innovation, we deliver award-winning products that provide breakthrough sleep solutions to consumers in over 100 countries. Our highly recognized brands include Tempur-Pedic®, Sealy® and Stearns & Foster®. We hire people who have a passion for helping others find their best night’s sleep. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Tempur Sealy! Job Summary: This individual will effectively serve as Product Engineer and be a key member of the company's engineering team. This position will be responsible for providing engineering support to products in production as it relates to quality improvements, safety improvements, efficiency improvements and cost reductions. As owners of current products, the Product Engineering team manages engineering changes for any reason. Product Engineering includes support to manufacturing on root cause analysis, process troubleshooting, process improvements and support to field service. This role partners with New Product Development, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing and Sourcing to address any technical issues impacting current products. The role is also responsible for the coordination of new product introductions to manufacturing, with significant involvement in development of manufacturing processes, test methods for new product features and qualification plans. The individual that works in this role can expect to work across functions daily.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field is required.
4 years of related experience or training.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Certification or specialized training in a related engineering area is desirable (Operations Excellence, Process, Manufacturing, Controls, Chemical, or Product).

Responsibilities

Duties include research, evaluation, development, and application of new processes and methods into products.
Responsible for establishing and conducting testing routines, developing or executing project plans, budgets, and schedules, and documentation of work and results.
Responsible for working with development on manufacturability and assessing readiness of the product and process for start of production
Apply statistical methods to characterize product performance for improved fact-based decision making
Coordinate failure analysis to determine root cause and appropriate corrective actions
Work encompasses one or more areas of engineering including electrical systems, mechanical, chemical, reliability engineering, failure analysis, tooling and/or other related fields
Consolidate and communicate current product issues and EC details to development teams for continuous improvement generation to generation
Product Engineer to work with New Product Development, Manufacturing Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering teams for new product introductions and ongoing support
Vendor support and interface on technical issues/topics
Develop and confirm test methodologies to validate product/process as it relates to new technology
Develop and conduct engineering projects which will provide solutions to product issues consistent with solid Lean Quality Control principles
Evaluate and discuss product issues with plant managers and non-technical personnel
Identify methods of improving the productivity of existing systems, taking into consideration the use of latest technology
Other primary duties and responsibilities include the following; however, Management reserves the right to assign or reassign other appropriate duties to this job at any time.
This document excludes the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties.