Sr. New Product Development Engineer

The Senior New Product Development Engineer leads the evaluation development validation and commercialization of new wood-based products and applications. Combining engineering expertise customer insight building-science knowledge and disciplined problem-solving the role assesses feasibility and risk guides complex technical work and recommends where the business should invest scale modify or discontinue development. Working with limited oversight the engineer builds alignment across engineering manufacturing commercial customer and external partner groups.

NOTE: This role is a fully remote work-from-home position provided you are currently based in or planning to move to one of the following states: MS AL AR OK LA NC OR WA WV MI or MT. This role is not open to individuals who live in other states or countries.

Key Accountabilities

• Opportunity Assessment & Customer Insights

• Lead technical assessment of market problems customer needs and new product or application opportunities.

• Translate customer field builder specifier installer and channel insights into technical requirements design criteria performance expectations and development priorities.

• Evaluate application fit technical feasibility manufacturability market readiness assumptions constraints and implementation risks.

• Recommend whether concepts should advance to prototyping validation field testing commercialization further investigation or discontinuation.

• Monitor building practices codes standards sustainability expectations and industry trends that may create product opportunities or risks. Product Development & Validation

• Provide senior engineering leadership from problem definition and concept evaluation through testing launch readiness and post-launch improvement.

• Develop specifications design inputs analyses prototypes test methods measurable acceptance criteria and technical documentation.

• Lead multidisciplinary technical workstreams and coordinate testing with internal teams laboratories universities suppliers and engineering partners.

• Analyze data investigate performance gaps identify root causes and recommend changes to product design materials processes or applications.

• Ensure decisions are supported by accurate appropriately validated evidence and integrate safety quality code compliance sustainability and confidentiality requirements throughout development. Commercialization & Technical Leadership

• Partner with Sales Marketing Product Management Manufacturing Finance Supply Chain Field Engineering and customer-facing teams to align technical decisions with customer value and business objectives.

• Support commercialization through performance data application guidance risk assessments technical documentation training customer education and launch support.

• Communicate technical status assumptions unresolved questions alternatives risks and recommendations to technical and business audiences.

• Build productive relationships with customers specifiers universities research institutions engineering firms laboratories and industry organizations.

• Review technical work coach less-experienced professionals influence decisions without formal authority and escalate significant safety performance compliance financial environmental or reputational risks

• Must possess a strong passion a nearly dogged approach toward researching technical issues in the pursuit of finding solutions for our direct or indirect customers.

• A positive attitude towards the art of the possible.

• Experience across multiple product-development stages including opportunity assessment requirements design analysis prototyping testing validation field evaluation commercialization or post-launch improvement.

• Knowledge of manufacturability customer applications building practices codes standards and product-performance requirements.

• Demonstrated success independently leading complex engineering projects or technical workstreams coordinating contributors and meeting commitments.

• Commitment to safety integrity inclusion sustainability quality and responsible use of company-approved digital and AI tools.

• Travel may be required for field research customer and specifier meetings testing external collaboration and industry activities.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited institution in Civil Structural Mechanical Materials Manufacturing or related Engineering; Wood Science Forest Products; or another related technical discipline.

• Professional Engineer license required.

• Typically seven to ten years of progressively responsible engineering experience in product development product engineering applied research building products construction systems manufacturing materials or a related technical field.

What We Offer:

Compensation:This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program and we are targeting a salary range of $119008-$178000 based on your level of skills qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program which offers a cash bonus targeting 20% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits:When you join our team you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan which includes medical dental vision short and long-term disability and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism sponsor a host of diversity networks promote mentoring and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement:Employees can enroll in our companys 401k plan which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation:We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3 weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of addition after being employed for six months eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.

About Weyerhaeuser Wood Products Division: Weve been delivering quality building products and solutions to our customers for more than 100 years. From builders and dealers to specifiers and homeowners we offer exceptional product performance and unparalleled support. For more than a century weve been building our reputation as a leader in sustainable wood products.

About Weyerhaeuser: We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. Were serious about safety driven to achieve excellence and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart talented people who are passionate about making a difference. We know you have a choice in your career. We want you to choose us.

Weyerhaeuser is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our five core values and we strive to maintain a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging opportunity and shared purpose. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and supporting an equitable and inclusive

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