Product Development Associate — Refrigeration

Job overview

The Product Development Associate — Refrigeration role is onsite at either the Benton Harbor Tech Center or Ottawa Manufacturing Plant in Michigan; compensation is not specified. Whirlpool Corporation develops and manufactures home appliances. The engineer develops, verifies, and executes mechanical subsystem deliverables for refrigeration products. The role advances product development from concept through implementation while coordinating with global cross-functional teams and supporting cost, quality, and new product introduction projects.

What you'll do

• Drive cost, quality, and new product introduction projects
• design and develop refrigerator plastic and sheet-metal components
• develop concepts and convert them into designs
• conduct testing and implementation
• support FMEA, validation plans, drawing reviews, and design-for-manufacturing work
• coordinate project deliverables and cross-functional teams
• travel regionally and internationally as described in the posting.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

product development associate

refrigeration

mechanical engineering

product design

new product introduction

testing

cost and quality

benton harbor mi

ottawa manufacturing plant mi

whirlpool corporation

regional and international travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Generous benefits package
• employee discount
• fitness and educational reimbursement programs
• flexibility
• two weeks of work-from-anywhere time per year
• four weeks of paid sabbatical after every five years of service.

Why this role

The role may be based at the Benton Harbor Tech Center or Ottawa Manufacturing Plant; travel is described as averaging once per quarter regionally and once per year internationally.

About the employer

Whirlpool Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Major Household Appliance Manufacturing. Sector: 33.