Product Design Engineer

Role details

Job title: Product Engineer

Company: SPI Products

Workplace type: Hybrid

Location: Charlotte, NC

Employment type: Full-time

About SPI Products

SPI Products is a family-run company with a growing family of brands, creating engineered plastic products for marine, industrial, construction, dental and security packaging customers. Our product lineup spans modular floating docks and rotomolded flotation to custom-molded mouthguards, so our work covers a wide breadth of industries.

As our business grows, we're looking to grow our team with people who are excited to share ideas and help shape what comes next. We value collaboration, fresh perspectives and a hands-on approach, and we make a point of having some fun along the way. Whether it's taking a proven design to the next level or bringing something brand new to life, there's always an interesting project to dig into.

The opportunity

We're looking for a Product Design Engineer to join our engineering team and take ownership of product design and development across multiple brands. This is a full-scope, hybrid role based out of our Charlotte office, with plenty of variety from one project to the next. You'll guide projects from concept through drawings, tooling, sampling and production, partnering with teams across the business and our network of molding and manufacturing partners in the US and overseas. You'll also work closely with senior leadership, supporting both day-to-day product needs and longer-term projects that shape the future of our brands.

Key responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within the engineering team, contributing to shared projects and design reviews to keep products moving forward

• Partner cross-functionally with sales, operations, marketing and other areas of the business to support product needs

• Bring a self-motivated approach to consistently driving new and existing projects forward

• Design new products and improve existing ones across all SPI brands

• Create and maintain 3D models, production drawings and specifications

• Design new molds and modify existing tooling for injection molding and rotomolding, working with toolmakers to improve part quality, cycle time and cost

• Work with molding suppliers on part design, material selection and DFM

• Review and approve first articles, samples and tooling changes

• Investigate field failures and warranty issues, identify root causes, and implement design or material fixes

• Support testing and validation, including durability and weathering testing

• Help evaluate new suppliers and manufacturing processes

• Maintain organized engineering documentation and revision control

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Plastics or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 4+ years of product or design engineering experience

• Hands-on experience designing parts and molds for injection molding and rotomolding, including modifications to existing tooling

• Proficiency in SolidWorks and creating production-ready drawings

• Working knowledge of engineering plastics such as HDPE, TPE/TPV and similar materials

• Ability to manage multiple projects across different product lines at the same time

• Adapts well to change and finds practical solutions should challenges or obstacles arise

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in the marine industry

• Experience working with domestic and overseas suppliers

• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance analysis and QC inspection methods

What we offer:

• $75,000 - $90,000 salary commensurate with experience

• [Health, dental, vision]

• [401(k)]

• [PTO / holidays]

• The chance to shape products across multiple brands and markets

Location: Arrowridge Rd, Charlotte, NC 28273

• Website: www.spiproducts.com