Kohler Development Program - Accelerated Engineering

Are you ready to accelerate your career in engineering? Join our dynamic Accelerated Engineering Development Program and embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a future engineering leader. Our mission is clear:?Accelerate the growth of our engineers through focused training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in diverse product categories, to drive leading edge innovation at Kohler.?Our vision is to build a world class team of engineers equipped with the skills and network to develop meaningful products and innovations that will shape the future of Kohler.

We are looking for early-career engineers who bring curiosity, creativity, and a strong desire to solve meaningful business and product challenges. Successful participants will be innovative thinkers who can translate ideas into cost-effective, functional solutions that reflect Kohler's brand values, while collaborating effectively across marketing, program management, industrial design, manufacturing operations, and other cross-functional partners. This program is designed for individuals who are passionate about innovation, eager to identify opportunities for transformative product solutions, and able to contribute within a diverse, global engineering organization by leveraging both their technical foundation and the collective expertise of the broader team.What You'll Do

• Create, refine, and implement new product solutions by: Collaborating with Product Marketing, Industrial Design, Program Management, and other cross-functional partners to define product specifications grounded in consumer research, market data, and business needs.

• Analyzing competitive products, warranty insights, sales feedback, and technical data to benchmark performance and inform new design approaches.

• Conducting feasibility assessments of early product concepts to evaluate technical viability, cost, manufacturability, and alignment to customer expectations.

• Developing and refining product concepts using 3D modeling software, engineering analysis tools, FEA, CFD, and design critique processes.

• Leveraging advanced prototyping and test lab capabilities to build, evaluate, and validate physical prototypes through hands-on experimentation.

• Applying engineering tools such as DFMEA, tolerance analysis, technical drawings, engineering standards, and GD&T to strengthen product quality and mitigate potential failure modes.

• Partnering with internal manufacturing teams and external suppliers to optimize design performance, cost, quality, timing, reliability, and manufacturing efficiency.

• Developing verification plans, supporting regulatory compliance, and providing hands-on engineering support during pre-production builds and manufacturing ramp-up.

Program Structure & Experiences

Kohler's Leadership Development Programs are designed as two-year, Full time rotational experiences that provide broad exposure to the business while accelerating leadership readiness. Participants complete 3-4 cross-functional rotations, each lasting 6-8 months, where they contribute to impactful work aligned to business priorities.

Beyond on-the-job experience, participants engage in a structured, enterprise-wide development journey that includes:

• A week-long immersive onboarding experience with their cross-functional cohort Intentional semi-annual seminars and quarterly learning sessions throughout the program

• Exposure to senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organization

• Ongoing mentorship, coaching, and performance feedback

• Opportunities to build community through a cohort-based experience and networking events

• Must have obtained a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Engineering (Mechanical preferred), or a related technical discipline no later than June 2027
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship on an on-going basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of CAD modeling.
• Hands-on fabrication and prototyping skills.
• Intern and/or co-op experience exhibiting these skills.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

The salary range for this position is $76,050 - $96,050. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate's experience, their education, and the work location. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision & 401k.

Why Choose Kohler? We empower each associate towith 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.