Job Description
Job Overview:
Do you enjoy fixing the problems others accept as “just how production works”? Are you energized by building repeatable systems, solving root causes, and enabling production to run independently? Would a role that sits at the critical intersection of R&D engineering and production, to ensure innovative instruments transition into stable, high-performing manufacturing systems excite you? If you said yes, yes, yes please apply to join us as we drive continuous improvement, standardize how products are built, and create manufacturing systems that scale!
A Snapshot of What You'll Do:
The Product Engineer owns the manufacturing system for Anton Paar QuantaTec products, ensuring they are built consistently, efficiently, and without reliance on individual knowledge. This role defines, maintains, and improves how products are assembled, tested, and supported in production.
The Product Engineer is involved throughout the product lifecycle, from development through production, ensuring products are designed for manufacturability and successfully transitioned into stable, repeatable processes. By developing deep product understanding, the Product Engineer translates design intent into clear standard work, drives root cause resolution of issues, and continuously improves production performance, quality, and throughput.
The role bridges development and production, enabling a manufacturing system that operates reliably and independently of constant engineering support.
The Impact You’ll Make
The Product Engineer takes ownership of manufacturing processes, proactively identifying and addressing gaps to improve system performance while collaborating across teams to implement effective solutions. Job duties include:
- Own and define the manufacturing system for assigned products, ensuring they are built consistently, efficiently, and without reliance on individual knowledge
- Develop and maintain assembly processes, test methods, and standard work that are clear, repeatable, and scalable
- Create, standardize and continuously improve visual Work Instructions that enable operators to execute without additional guidance
- Develop deep understanding of product functionality, critical features, and failure modes to inform manufacturing processes
- Translate design intent into manufacturable processes and support development teams with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) feedback
- Ensure all production issues are identified, documented, and owned through a structured issue management process
- Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues
- Update processes and Work Instructions based on issues, improvements, and production feedback
- Own and drive continuous improvement opportunities focused on yield, cycle time, quality, and production flow to reduce waste, rework, and inefficiencies in the manufacturing process
- Apply structured problem-solving methods (e.g., 5 Why, Eight Disciplines or 8D, Lean principles) to achieve measurable improvements
- Engage with production to observe processes, validate changes, and identify gaps in clarity, tooling, or execution
- Support the transition of new products from development into stable, repeatable production processes
- Ensure manufacturing readiness through defined processes, documentation, and risk identification
- Communicate process changes, improvements, and risks clearly across cross-functional teams
- May be required to travel to other Anton Paar facilities domestically or internationally (< 5%)
- All other duties as assigned
Education and Experience Needed
The Product Engineer typically requires a combination of experience, education, training, certifications and skills. This role requires the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years’ experience in the field of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics or electronics
- 3+ years of experience in manufacturing or product engineering with hands-on experience supporting or improving production processes, standard work, or issue resolution
Preferred skills include:
- Strong problem-solving skills with experience in root cause analysis and corrective action (e.g., 5 Why, 8D / Eight Disciplines, or similar methods)
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI) or transitioning products into production
- Ability to translate technical product knowledge into clear, usable processes for operators
- Strong cross-functional communication skills across engineering, production, and quality teams
- Experience with ERP Systems, SAP a plus
Skills and Competencies, We Need:
The Product Engineer role requires a combination of strong technical knowledge, quality orientation, collaboration across teams and a sense of ownership and accountability for the performance of the products. including:
- Accountability
- Takes responsibility for all work activities and personal actions
- Follows through on commitments, and acknowledges and learns from mistakes
- Commitment
- Acts according to the principles, vision and values of the organization
- Shows support and enthusiasm in their work assignments
- Communication
- Demonstrates the ability to clearly get a point across
- Shows acumen in writing, listening, and reading comprehension
- Dependability
- Shows up to work on time and is fully utilized and accounted for during work hours
- Is relied upon and available when additional time and effort is required
- Integrity
- Behaves honorably and ethically, is truthful and can be trusted
- Uses sound judgement in decision making
- Problem Solving
- Effectively identifies issues and evaluates options
- Seeks guidance to resolve issues in the best interest of the organization
- Quality
- Works to the highest of quality standards by identifying problems, testing and checking their work, and paying close attention to detail
- Looks for ways to improve quality within their work area
- Teamwork
- Works effectively in inter-department and inter-company teams
- Understands their role in a workgroup
- Technical Expertise
- Demonstrates depth of knowledge and skills, and applies technical expertise
- Looks for opportunities to advance their technical skills
- Time Management
- Ability to achieve desired results within given time frames
- Decides between conflicting priorities or seeks guidance
Who we are:
Anton Paar's high-precision instruments help our customers develop everyday products from your shampoo to your shoes, your lunch and favorite beverages, your computer and medication, jet engines, batteries and the pavement on which you commute every day. We help Fortune 500 companies of almost every industry sector, start-ups, and leading universities conduct their research and quality control.
Owned by the charitable Santner Foundation, our investment into R&D is unmatched and leads to industry-leading products. We maintain fiscal stability and independence so we can handle today's and tomorrow's challenges, and aim to provide meaningful, long-term workplaces for all employees. Anton Paar is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and operates worldwide.
What We Do:
Anton Paar QuantaTec manufactures instruments for characterization of powders and porous materials using techniques like physisorption, chemisorption, gas pycnometry, mercury intrusion porosimetry, capillary flow porometry amongst others.
Supervision Exercised
This role is an independent contributor who is a member of multiple teams and does not have direct supervisory responsibilities.
Physical Requirements & Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, observe, communicate and handle items such as computers, machinery and other equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Position requires the ability to obtain a Passport for international travel.
In regards to organizational issues, the employee will comply with the regulations set forward in the Anton Paar Employee Handbook, except if otherwise stated.
Anton Paar QuantaTec Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities at Anton Paar QuantaTec Inc. are based upon one's qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job. All employment opportunities are provided without regard to: age, race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, sickle cell trait, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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