Senior Product Development Engineer

Advanced Product Development Engineer

Porex is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Porex is a global leader in developing custom-engineered porous polymer solutions that turn into high-value functional components in our customers' end products. Porex is trusted for unique components across a wide variety of device applications in the life sciences, consumer, and electronics markets to give products a competitive edge.

We are seeking an experienced and self-driven Advanced Product Development Engineer to lead and support the development of next-generation porous material solutions and engineered components across diagnostics, medical, personal care, and industrial markets. This role will serve as a technical bridge between R&D, commercial teams, and manufacturing, driving prototype development, product validation, and design transfer to ensure smooth transition from concept to commercial product. The ideal candidate will bring strong product development fundamentals, excellent communication skills, and hands-on experience in material-based product design, performance testing, and customer-facing technical support.

Responsibilities

• Lead product development projects from concept through commercialization, working with cross-functional teams (R&D, manufacturing, QA, commercial, regulatory).
• Translate customer and market requirements into engineering specifications and material/component designs.
• Drive prototype development, iteration, and performance validation using in-house and customer-supplied testing protocols.
• Partner with Advanced Materials Engineering team to incorporate new materials and surface modifications into product design.
• Lead design for manufacturability (DFM) and design transfer processes to scale from lab to production.
• Conduct risk assessments, design reviews, and verification/validation activities in accordance with internal and customer quality systems.
• Coordinate with QA and Regulatory teams to ensure new products meet relevant standards (e.g., ISO 10993, USP Class VI, FDA 21 CFR).
• Document technical data, create test protocols and reports, and contribute to technical files for internal records and external submissions.
• Participate in customer engagements, joint development discussions, application mapping, and field performance evaluations.
• Contribute to intellectual property development (patents, trade secrets) based on novel designs or applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree (preferred) in Mechanical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, or related fields.
• 5+ years of industry experience in product development, preferably in medical devices, diagnostics, or engineered polymer components.
• Solid understanding of polymer materials, compounding additives, surface coatings, porous media, membranes, or filtration systems is highly desirable.
• Proven experience with design verification & validation, risk analysis (FMEA), and design documentation.
• Familiarity with CAD tools (e.g., SolidWorks) and working with prototypes, fixtures, and custom test setups.
• Working knowledge of regulatory and quality requirements for medical and diagnostics product development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to interpret test results and propose design improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present technical content to diverse audiences.
• Collaborative mindset with ability to work independently and drive cross-functional alignment.

More About Filtration Group

Filtration Group is on a mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. With a passionate workforce, global footprint and world class engineering and manufacturing capabilities, we are driving innovation and developing solutions across a broad spectrum of applications in the fast-growing and rapidly-evolving global filtration industry. We are committed to maintaining an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust and in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action.

The Company began in 2009 and has rapidly grown organically and through a thoughtful acquisition strategy to be a global leader in the highly attractive filtration industry. Filtration Group has the broadest portfolio of solutions in the industry and has had a particular focus on building a leading platform of solutions focused on the Life Sciences and Indoor Air Quality end markets which are rapidly growing in the current market environment. Filtration Group produces mission critical products with high replacement rates. Over 80 percent of the Company's revenue comes from replacement / consumable products, many of which are specified into customer's products or processes. With revenues over $2 billion, Filtration Group is consistently recognized as the fastest growing and one of the largest filtration businesses in the world and has a global footprint of 141 facilities in 28 countries. Filtration Group has over 10,000 employees who are united in their Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive.