**PRODUCT ENGINEER**
Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.
Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all?
**WHAT TO EXPECT**
As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team.
The product reliability team is responsible for product forensic analysis (FA), technique and systems development to support FA and providing statistical analysis on existing product performance to construct reliability models to optimize testing and product performance. The reliability team is also responsible for creating new mathematical methods and validating correlations to advance the science of hose design, as well as piloting new product concepts and technology to drive innovation.
**Key responsibilities (to name a few)**:
- Execute tasks with a global team to fully implement optimization proposals
- Product BOM management
- Creation of lab orders for product testing
- Analyzing product test results
- Organizing and monitoring builds of test materials
- Benchmarking of products in industry
- Experimentation to enhance product design.
- Forensic analysis
- Interaction with cross functional global teams (including operations, quality, material development, process engineering, commercial, etc.)
- Limited travel may be required (5-15%), potentially including international travel.
**REQUIRED SKILLS**:
- Keeps self-control in hard situations.
- Strong Communication skills
- Problems Solving and decision making.
- Costumer focus (internal and external)
- Negotiation skills
- Creativity, proactivity, and teamwork.
- Problems Solving process.
- Exceptional attention to internal and external customer requests
- Negotiation skills
- Must be able to independently manage time and task execution needs
- Ability to work with a global cross functional team, as well as team members from other areas of the organization including those in other nations
- (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Power point)
- Ability to adapt to rapid changes and new systems as needed.
**WHY GATES?**
Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT**
At Gates, we believe that we are better together. Proximity has been important to our success over the years as there are critical items that are simply better when done together. One of those critical items is efficient collaboration. We cannot underestimate the power of informal conversations and connecting face-to-face with our coworkers.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands and fingers to work with objects, tools, or controls; and use office equipment including computers, telephones, and/or copiers/scanners. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Gates is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.
**ARE YOU DRIVEN BY POSSIBILITY?**
**ABOUT YOU**
- 5 -7 years of engineering experience
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM discipline or EIT certification with engineering work experience required.