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You are a vital member of our growth-minded, industry-leading, innovative, brand-driven, global employee-owned company. You are challenged to grow, expected to challenge others, are part of something much bigger than yourself, and leave an indelible legacy through the people your life has impacted.

You have the opportunity to lead the design and development of innovative fasteners, tools, and building materials for the CAMO, STINGER, and PRO-FIT brands. This role also focuses on turning jobsite insights into production-ready solutions, generating intellectual property, and mentoring junior engineers.

Your assignment

The Lead Product Engineer is a senior technical contributor responsible for leading the end-to-end design and development of innovative productsfocusing on fasteners, supporting tools, and building materials across the CAMO, STINGER, and PRO-FIT brands. This role balances early conceptual design with technical rigor and cross-functional collaboration to create intuitive, high-performing solutions that meet real-world contractor needs and align with strategic brand goals.

With a strong emphasis on innovation, advanced mechanical design, manufacturability, and field engagement, the Lead Product Engineer plays a pivotal role in transforming jobsite insights into production ready solutions. This position also contributes to intellectual property generation, design validation, and continuous improvement across product lines. As a senior team member, the engineer also provides mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers, helping foster a collaborative and growth-oriented development environment.

• Lead the end-to-end design and development of innovative products, focusing on fasteners, tools, and supporting building materials that elevate user experience and field performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including product management, sourcing, and engineering to ensure designs align with brand vision, user needs, and manufacturing capabilities.
• Conduct field research and engage directly with contractors and end users to gather insights, validate prototypes, and identify unmet needs that drive design direction.
• Translate early-stage concepts into robust, manufacturable mechanical designs using 3D CAD and iterative prototyping.
• Balance performance, cost, durability, and usability in design execution, while ensuring alignment with manufacturing methods, especially with overseas partners.
• Partner with legal and IP resources to contribute to the development of invention disclosures and patent applications supporting unique product innovations.
• Embed quality and durability considerations into early design activities, supporting a proactive approach to product reliability and customer satisfaction.
• Stay current on trends in materials, tools, fasteners, and installation systems to inform development of differentiated solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership, design reviews, and support to help build a high-performing, collaborative engineering team.
• Build productive external relationships with contractors, suppliers, and industry partners to inform development and support long-term adoption of our products.
• Other duties as assigned.

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About us

We are an employee-owned company and a proud part of the American building materials industry for nearly 75 years. We have a storied history of innovation, which many say is in our DNA. We agree. From product to brand, to sourcing to customer-centric solutions, we constantly ask the what, why and how questions that many are afraid to ask.

Our core brands of CAMO, PRO-FIT, and STINGER are the asked for brands in their respective segments and can be found at the finest names in the LBM, Roofing, Home Center, Distribution and STAFDA channels of the building industry and more recently, through our E-Commerce presence.

Our brand users are the hardworking folks who build things with their hands, and just like us, are business owners. They build our homes, our decks, install our roofs, and depend on our brands to support them in delivering a job well done.

Our company's reason for existing

Whether supporting our customers, suppliers, employee-owners and their families or the communities in which we live and work, our purpose is simple; inspire whoever we engage with to help them become better. Better people, families, businesses, and ultimately leave better the communities in which we live. We get this is a moonshot reason for existing. Yet it is one we are committed to.

Our culture is characterized as

So, if this is an assignment, culture, brands, and industry you desire to explore further, contact us. Your new adventure awaits.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering, Design, and Product Management

Industries

Wholesale Building Materials and Construction

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