Work Mode: Onsite
Location: OnSite – Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Opportunity
BASIC FUNCTION
As a Senior Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in bringing innovative consumer products to life – products that balance beautiful design, technical excellence, and real-world manufacturability. You’ll work at the intersection of engineering, design, marketing, and manufacturing, helping transform early concepts into high-quality products used by consumers every day.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative environments, enjoys solving complex problems, and is motivated by turning bold ideas into production-ready solutions
We’re seeking a creative, technically strong engineer who brings both ownership and curiosity to their work and enjoys collaborating across disciplines.
You are someone who:
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Collaborates naturally with cross-functional partners—including Marketing, Program Management, Industrial Design, and Manufacturing—to deliver projects on time and within budget.
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Brings a positive, solution-oriented mindset and contributes to a high-performing, highly collaborative team culture.
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Is passionate about innovation, driven to explore new ideas, test assumptions, and build products that push boundaries.
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Excels in ideation and concept development, with strong interest or experience in CAD modeling and advanced prototyping.
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Demonstrates strong mechanical aptitude and applies a thoughtful, structured engineering design process.
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Understands manufacturing realities, with experience designing with processes in mind.
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Enjoy solving complex problems, confidently evaluating designs and continuously optimizing performance, cost, and quality.
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Works effectively across regions and cultures, partnering with global engineering teams and suppliers.
What you will be doing:
Create
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Partner with Industrial Design, Product Marketing, Compliance to define product requirements using consumer insights, market data, and sales feedback.
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Analyze competitive products and warranty data to inform and benchmark new designs.
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Provide early-stage technical feasibility assessments to guide concept selection.
Refine
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Develop and refine designs using 3D CAD (Creo), FEA, and CFD tools.
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Leverage state-of-the-art on-site prototyping and testing labs to build and validate physical prototypes.
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Validate product value and usability through consumer and human experience research.
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Collaborate closely with manufacturing teams and suppliers to balance performance, cost, quality, and timeline.
Implement
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Perform engineering calculations, tolerance analysis, and create detailed technical drawings using GD&T and engineering standards.
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Apply Design for Manufacturing (DfM) principles to ensure robust, efficient, and scalable production.
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Lead and support product verification testing to ensure regulatory and quality compliance.
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Support manufacturing ramp-up, providing hands-on engineering support during pre-production and launch builds.
Skills/Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Sr. Engineer Level:
Bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.
Minimum of 4 years of mechanical engineering experience.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of CAD modeling.
International and domestic travel as needed.
Hard Skills
Strong Analysis of Design Interfaces through Tolerance Stack Analysis to guarantee design intend.
Moderate use of CREO CAD software to model and inspect 3D files, elaborate assemblies and 2D drawings by ASME Y14.5M for GD&T.
Moderate understanding of Materials Science in applications for Metal / Mechanics, and Elastomers.
Moderate on Design for variability applications, such as DFSS, Process Capability (CPK).
Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected]. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
