Cicoil Product Development Engineer

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

DEPARTMENT: Engineering

SUPERVISOR: Engineering Manager

DIRECT REPORTS: None

Position Summary

The Product Development Engineer at Cicoil is a key technical resource responsible for driving new product development from initial customer inquiry through design, validation, and handoff to manufacturing. This role serves as the primary engineering interface with customers and the outside sales team, providing expert technical solutions for custom cable and flat cable assembly applications across aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial markets.

Working within Cicoil's structured New Product Introduction (NPI) and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, the Product Development Engineer owns the full development lifecycle: requirements gathering, concept design, prototype development, quoting, design validation, and a seamless handoff to the Manufacturing Process Engineer. This person is a technical expert who translates customer needs into manufacturable, cost-effective solutions while collaborating closely with engineering technicians, the outside sales team, and internal cross-functional stakeholders.

Success in this role looks like: on-time NPI execution, accurate a