Product Development Engineer

Attindas Hygiene Partners

Attindas Hygiene Partners designs, manufactures, and markets absorbent hygiene products. The company sells adult incontinence and infant diapers, among other products, into the healthcare, retail, and direct‑to‑consumer channels under brands including Attends, Indas, and Comfees as well as a wide range of private‑label brands for retailers.

Mission: We champion health, dignity and comfort.

Vision: To be a global leader in absorbent hygiene by meeting consumers’ diverse needs through effective, affordable and widely available personal care solutions.

Our Values: Personal, Agile, Innovative, and Integrity.

Locations: Greenville, NC;
Raleigh, NC; and Delaware, OH.

The primary responsibility of the Product Development Engineer is to drive value for their designated category by creating and improving products that deliver against the category strategy. This person will be the product lead on projects with increasing complexity and will participate in, and lead, cross‑functional project teams. The role will oversee research and design activities, support claims substantiation, and direct machine trials and testing procedures.

The engineer must understand the competitive environment and bring innovations that ultimately launch into market success.

• Execute against the category strategy in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Drive innovation and product improvements that keep products relevant and competitive within the marketplace. Lead these product changes from concept to commercial implementation, providing technical evaluation, process and equipment understanding, intellectual property considerations, and product costing and specifications for new designs.
• Participate in cross‑functional product teams and assist in the development and qualification of new product features and upgrades, focusing on delivering projects on schedule and within budget.
• Participate in product evaluations, including bench evaluation, product fit simulations, and consumer testing.
• Prepare developmental machine trials to qualify new product concepts and materials, working with business support teams.
• Participate and present in various meetings and forums.
• Control, own, and manage the finished product specification and raw material specification systems.
• Work with material suppliers to understand new technologies and materials suitable for finished products.
• Support the sales and marketing functions with customer meetings and technical requests.
• Support additional tasks, including fulfilling test requests, coordinating testing with quality, conducting specialty tests, and delivering results on schedule; coordinate product repack, shipping, quality testing, product release, and data entry/analysis for consumer panel testing.

• 2‑3 years of experience in product design/development.
• Technical bachelor’s degree (Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering preferred).
• Demonstrated history of delivering and launching product development projects.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques to make data‑driven decisions.
• Aptitude and ability to understand complex manufacturing processes.
• Ability to lead projects and utilize strong project management fundamentals/techniques.
• Ability to maintain multiple active projects/responsibilities simultaneously.
• Knowledge of data storage, data reporting, and data analysis.
• Knowledge of quality control techniques.
• Detail oriented, able to collect and organize data.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Proficient in MS Office.

• Experience using product evaluation methods including bench testing, fit modeling, and consumer testing.
• Knowledge of raw materials used in disposable personal care products.
• Knowledge of disposable personal care product conversion processes.
• Knowledge of absorbent hygiene test methods and lab procedures.
• Experience with project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet).

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Design and Project Management

Manufacturing

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid paternity leave

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Paid maternity leave