Mechanical Product Development Engineer — Industrial Mobility Components

About the role

Wake up in Saint Joseph, MI and start your day solving real-world engineering problems that move the world. As a Product Engineer at Colson Group, you will guide products from concept through release, connecting customer needs with practical design, robust analysis, and disciplined documentation. You report to the Product Engineering Manager or designee and thrive in a matrix environment where Sales, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and customers all depend on your clarity and follow-through.

What your day looks like

• Meet with customers to translate requirements into clear specifications and collaborate with cross-functional partners on new or modified products.
• Shape proposals for customers and Colson Group leadership, including analyses, drawings, concepts, and cost estimates.
• Own engineering project execution: plan, track, and drive deliverables to meet scope, schedule, and quality targets.
• Lead and coordinate reviews of designs, drawings, and analyses; track risks and report technical status to management.
• Perform core engineering work: FMEAs, FEA, tolerance/design reviews, and documentation control.
• Author test plans, participate hands-on in testing, interpret results, summarize findings, and implement improvements.
• Respond to customer and supplier questions by phone, email, or onsite visits.
• Support prototype and concept builds on the floor—assembly, welding, fixtures, and functional tests as needed.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce Product Engineering standards across the lifecycle.
• Pitch in on related projects and assignments that keep our commitments on track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline (required).
• Training in CAD/FEA/product development (preferred).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• At least 2 years of experience with SolidWorks (or comparable CAD) and associated design procedures.
• 2+ years working with ergonomics, material handling, caster design, metal fabrication, injection-molded plastics, cast polyurethane, or equivalent domains.
• Strong written and verbal communication, analytical rigor, and collaborative interpersonal style.

Location and schedule

• Location: Saint Joseph, MI
• Position Type: Full Time

Reporting line

Reports to: Product Engineering Manager or Designee

Why you’ll succeed here

You’re a systems thinker who can move fluidly from customer conversation to CAD model, from FMEA to factory floor, and from risk register to executive update—always keeping the user, the quality, and the timeline front and center.

Legal notices

Status:

Salary Exempt

*Note

*Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, this in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

• *This position is a safety-sensitive position. The position requires operating or working around heavy equipment, which if performed while under the influence of drugs (including marijuana) or alcohol could result in errors in judgment, inattentiveness or diminished coordination, dexterity or composure that could in turn result in mistakes that would endanger the health and safety of you and others.