Delta Faucet
Lead Product Development Engineer - Water Quality
US - Indiana - Indianapolis · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
CreoFEAGD&TSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us on this journey toward inclusivity and excellence.
- Your Role at Delta Faucet Are you passionate about shaping the development and execution of sophisticated water filtration technologies?
- Do you enjoy leading engineering teams, mentoring technical talent, and leading the full development cycle from concept through commercialization?
Responsibilities
- Lead the design coordination, development, and integration of new water filtration products (media, cartridges, filtration systems)
- Own product and system requirements, including NSF/ANSI, EPA drinking water standards, and internal performance targets
- Support development of evolutionary and mature filtration technology roadmaps, new media innovations, and platform strategies applying industry trends and technical advancements
- Coordinate engineering builds, pilot runs, first‑article evaluations, and PPAP‑style verification, following structured NPD gate processes
- Establish and validate system‑level requirements using DVP&R, lab testing, accelerated aging, and contaminant‑removal performance evaluations
- Lead multi-functional engineering teams and mentor associate engineers, subsystem engineers, and co‑ops as needed
- Conduct design risk assessments (DFMEA, systems FMEA, etc.) owning specifications and design tradeoffs
- Drive technical issue resolution on complex filtration or performance‑related problems, including root‑cause discovery and corrective action
- Collaborate with Product Marketing, Compliance, Architecture, Water Quality, Operations, and external suppliers to enable seamless transition to production and alignment with Platform and Product roadmaps.
- Outstanding soft skills with excellent written and verbal communication capabilities, able to collaborate, interact, and influence business and technical partners and leaders at all levels of the organization
Requirements
- 7+ years of product development experience with concentration in the execution of water filtration systems, or similar experience
- Experience with filtration media development and water‑treatment technologies including activated carbon, ion exchange, and membranes
- Previous experience in a system engineering practitioner, or product engineering role with knowledge of systems engineering tools, techniques, and standard methodologies
- Excellent analytical and structured problem-solving skills along with the ability to simplify complex problems
- Experience with engineering modeling software CAD software (preferably Creo) and FEA
- Experience with design for manufacturability, cost estimation, GD&T, Systems DFMEA, PPAP and design verification and validation
Skills
- Your Role at Delta Faucet
Compensation
- Social Impact: Four employee-led and self-directed Business Resource Groups; Paid volunteer day annually; Employees share their time, skills and talent with charities and nonprofit organizations across the U.S. and around the globe.
Company info
- Delta Faucet Company (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position.
- The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit.
- The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities.
- This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.
- Delta Faucet Company is an E-Verify employer.
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- Delta Faucet Company
- It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
- E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States.
- E-Verify Participation Poster: English & Spanish
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- Recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- LinkedIn Learning access; internal opportunities to work on projects cross-company.
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