Product Development

Design Engineer Cobra Golf

Carlsbad, United States of America

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.

Your Talent

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Design, or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in golf club product design and engineering
  • Advanced 3D CAD modeling skills including free form surfacing, parametric sketches, solid tools, associative modeling, and part families
  • Working knowledge of Office software products (Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
  • Project management experience: Ability to lead a project and project team. 
  • Vendor communication and manufacturing experience/knowledge
  • Solid understanding of golf, golf clubs, golf club physics, history, and the golf market
  • Ability to think critically and solve problems
  • Good communication and presentation skills required
  • Exceptional follow through, detail, and organizational skills
  • Ability to effectively schedule and work against business deadlines
  • Creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial
  • Results oriented with ability to oversee multiple projects and tasks

The Hiring range base pay for this position is $68,640 - $96,300 + Bonus + Benefits

(Benefit Summary Corporate) 

Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

Your Mission

  • Create 3D parametric models, using NX CAD software, of entire golf club, including surfaces, structures, details, design, branding, and components
  • Manage golf club projects: Oversee Product Objectives, Industrial Design, Product Management, Specs, Mass Properties, Product Engineering, Testing, and Manufacturing Engineering. 
  • Communicate with suppliers to develop and manufacture new products
  • Translate new golf club concept renderings into 3D CAD models utilizing advanced CAD techniques
  • Engineer club performance through mass properties, testing, and engineering iterations
  • 3D Print prototype club models for analysis
  • Coordinate with Development Team on pilot run and production runs
  • Initiate and strategize product testing and performance
  • Collaborate with Product Team on new golf club ideations
  • Pursue patent opportunities for new concepts, ideas, technologies, and products

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Want to join our team?

PUMA Carlsbad

Carlsbad CA

Carlsbad is where COBRA PUMA GOLF takes a strong swing at introducing joy into the game of golf.

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Product Development

Product Development Engineer Cobra Golf

Carlsbad, United States of America

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.

Your Talent

  • 2-4 years of managing product development experience.
  • 2+ years of experience working with suppliers based in Asia
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical or industrial engineering or demonstrated successful equivalent work experience.
  • Fundamental knowledge of tooling and various other manufacturing processes (investment casting, forging, stamping, painting, etc.)
  • Knowledge/experience with injection molding processing and tooling (Ex. compression molding processing and tooling, composite material processing and tooling).
  • Statistical Process Control experience
  • Strong project management skills
  • Working knowledge of a CAD system, specifically NX (Specification drawing)
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Strong documentation skills and experience
  • Ability to travel internationally and domestically.

The Hiring range base pay for this position is $68,640 - $96,300 + Bonus + Benefits

(Benefit Summary Corporate) 

Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

Your Mission

  • Develop all components and assembled clubs in a timely matter, validate and approve all product from sample phase all the way to production release of finished golf club and club components.
  • Responsible for various aspects of product development from Beta phase to mass production to ensure products are ready to be commercialized.
  • Knowledge of golf club manufacturing methods.  Ability to take on all key manufacturing processes to maximize output and minimize bottleneck.
  • Work in a collaborative environment with various internal (Cobra) and external (suppliers) partners.
  • Responsible for working with suppliers to qualify new products through Pilot Run; be the owner to ensure all manufacturing processes can meet cost/quality/capacity requirements to support overall business objectives.
  • Set up product standards, quality criteria and limits on all commercialized products with various product construction and designs.
  • Execute testing and analysis on products to pass testing criteria and performance target.
  • Initiate and qualify new suppliers and new methods of manufacturing on all club components to support business goals.
  • Ownership of production “component specifications”, “cosmetic specifications”, and “club assembly specifications.”
  • Conduct and own build trials at key assembly locations.
  • Travel to Asia and Mexico based suppliers to manage development of new projects.
  • Lead continuous improvements in our critical manufacturing processes in the supplier base manufacturing environment. Review current processes and procedures and lead continuous process improvement project team.
  • Process Ownership – understand critical process setting, track performance metrics, and understand key cost drivers involved in critical manufacturing processes.
  • Direct and work with Asia Team members on any development/process/quality concerns.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

Want to join our team?

PUMA Carlsbad

Carlsbad CA

Carlsbad is where COBRA PUMA GOLF takes a strong swing at introducing joy into the game of golf.

PUMA Innovation

PUMA Innovation

DRAFTING THE FUTURE

The history of PUMA is full of firsts, born from our daring to take a risks and create opportunities: for the brand, for athletes, for consumers. We want more than to innovate for innovation's sake – we want to deliver emotions through our products.

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