Sr. Product Engineer - SCOUT Campers

Adventurer Manufacturing•Union Gap, WA

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About The Position

Serve as the technical owner for the SCOUT product ecosystem, including truck campers, the developing trailer platform, and future adjacent product platforms. Lead technical direction while developing capable platform engineers beneath the role. This role involves technical ownership of the complete SCOUT product ecosystem, including its architecture, lifecycle, NPD roadmap, compliance, and major technical decisions. It also entails technical leadership of truck camper and trailer platform engineering, engineering release, validation requirements, product-level change approval, and technical BOM integrity. The position requires owning ERP and CAD model readiness for product release, ensuring engineering models, drawings, BOMs, part data, revisions, and released configurations are complete, synchronized, and production-ready. Additionally, it involves the technical resolution of product quality, field, warranty, supplier, and production issues, as well as the leadership and development of the SCOUT Design Engineer and Product Engineer - SCOUT Trailers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, product design engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent directly relevant experience considered.
Typically 7+ years of progressive product engineering experience, including ownership of complex physical products through development and sustaining phases.
Strong 3D CAD, drawing, GD&T, BOM, configuration/change-control, prototype, and production-support capability.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical work without relying on a large program-management organization.
Hands-on problem solver comfortable moving between CAD, prototypes, suppliers, testing, and the production floor.
Demonstrated ability to lead multiple related product platforms while maintaining a coherent technical architecture.

Nice To Haves

Experience in outdoor products, RVs, trailers, automotive, powersports, marine, or other design-led durable products preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead SCOUT product strategy from a technical perspective and translate product intent into executable engineering requirements.
Lead major NPD programs, architecture decisions, prototypes, design reviews, and technical risk management.
Remain hands-on in modeling, prototypes, testing, troubleshooting, and critical design work.
Ensure common systems, components, and design principles are leveraged across SCOUT platforms where beneficial.
Provide technical oversight and decision authority for the trailer platform while delegating day-to-day platform engineering.
Drive product simplicity, weight efficiency, durability, manufacturability, and differentiated customer experience.
Collaborate with Operations and Manufacturing Engineering on DFM, process readiness, line launch, cost, and production issues.
Collaborate with Quality on validation plans, NPD quality gates, root cause, corrective actions, and field/warranty learning.
Collaborate with Supply Chain on supplier technical requirements, component selection, alternates, and technical issue resolution.
Collaborate with Service, Sales, and Marketing on field feedback, customer requirements, product changes, and launch readiness.