Traditions Performance Firearms®, a leader in the outdoor industry, is looking for a Product Engineer to join our amazing team.

Traditions® provides excellent benefits including affordable medical and dental insurance, paid vacation and holidays, 401K plus company match and product discounts.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Develop and create design concepts, drawings in Solidworks.
• Design, create, implement, and maintain manufacturing processes.
• Generate and build line layouts within planned timeframes for New Product Introductions. Identify gaps and/or unnecessary redundancies.
• Make improvements of existing products. Investigate and solve problems in cooperation with Quality and Operations departments.
• Manage and maintain Technical Product Roadmap and scheduling.
• Define, develop, and maintain product testing protocols for each product and lead testing exercises to validate new product designs and product improvements.
• Maintain standards for technical drawings, internal specifications, and engineering documentation.
• Support Marketing team with technical data review, asset creation, and attendance at trade and consumer shows as a subject matter expert.
• Create tooling specifications, design, prototype, and build production fixturing for existing and planned production lines as well as misc. R&D activities.
• Work closely with international vendors and engineers on proposed projects. Initiate and maintain vendor and outside technical resources as needed to be successful in developing new processes and products.
• Define, adapt, or improve key processes including but are not limited to Product Lifecycle Management, Quality Control Reports, and Competitive Analysis in price and technical ability between multiple vendors on new projects.
• Position does require regularly scheduled international travel as well as domestic travel including but not limited to tradeshows, shoots, etc.

Skills & Experience Needed:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Minimum 3-years firearms industry work experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency SolidWorks CAD software and Microsoft Office.
• Experience evaluating and troubleshooting manufacturing processes and machinery.
• High level of technical expertise in firearms.
• Experience in competitive analysis, pricing, planning, inventory control
• Excellent project management and execution with attention to detail.
• Hands-on problem-solving and mechanical aptitude desired.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent problem solving and failure analysis capability to resolve design and production issues.

This position is based in Old Saybrook, Connecticut or Somersworth, New Hampshire. This is a full time position. Telecommuting not available.

For details on open positions and to apply go to: www.traditionsfirearms.com/careers

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Traditions Performance Firearms

Known for their accurate, innovative, and dependable firearms, Traditions® has a reputation of providing quality firearms for almost 40 years. A leader in the industry, Traditions® offers black powder rifles and pistols, cartridge rifles and revolvers, blank pistols, Build-It-Yourself rifle and pistol kits, and cannons as well as a full line of accessories and optics. Traditions® has long been the experts when it comes to muzzleloading and has continued to expand their line up to include a wide range of products. As hunters and shooters themselves, the Traditions® team remains focused on creating quality, innovative products that make time in the field enjoyable and strive to meet the needs of their customers.