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Project Engineer

Milwaukee Tool · Menomonee Falls, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you were the owner of a process. How did you drive improvement?

What they are checking: Whether they've truly owned a process and moved it forward, as the posting expects.

Tell me about a time you led a project without having direct authority over the team.

What they are checking: Whether they can lead through influence, which project engineers often need.

Tell me about a time a change you made didn't work. What did you learn?

What they are checking: Whether they measure results honestly and adjust when an improvement fails.

What would you do

Lab engineers keep entering test data in different ways, which hurts data quality. How do you fix it?

What they are checking: Whether they can design standards and tools that people will actually follow.

You're rolling out a new web application for the lab, and users don't like it. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they listen to users and improve adoption rather than forcing a tool on them.

How do you decide which process improvement to tackle first?

What they are checking: Whether they prioritize by impact and effort rather than by what's easiest.

How do you make sure global lab teams follow the same process?

What they are checking: Whether they can standardize across sites and communicate across time zones.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd map the current process for a lab test workflow and find waste in it.

What they are checking: Whether they can analyze a process with real data and identify specific improvements.

How would you develop a new test method for a power tool feature?

What they are checking: Whether they understand how to design tests that reflect real tool use and produce reliable data.

What tools do you use for data analysis, and how do you check your results?

What they are checking: Whether they can analyze test data and catch errors before decisions are made.

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The full job description

As published by Milwaukee Tool.

Job Description: Company Engineering Overview: Come be DISRUPTIVE with us! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to create innovative new solutions on our engineering team. All our teams touch every step of the process, which is why our Engineering teams are some of the key contributors to our continuous innovations. The fast-paced, agile environment continuously delivers disruptive technologies by providing every team with the resources needed to excel and working directly with End Users to understand how to deliver heavy duty products with high performance. We create Best in Class products by leveraging advanced analysis tools, extensive testing regimes, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes and cross-functional agility. To learn more about the Milwaukee story and our company click HERE . Eng. Lab / TAG Scheduler: We are seeking a detail-oriented individual to join our planning team, supporting critical laboratory processes. In this essential role, you will serve as part of a team, scheduling test and automation requests. You will work collaboratively with New Product Development - NPD, Reliability Engineering, Lab Technicians and Leadership, communicating schedule, risk and alternative solutions for maintaining schedule. The position is vital to maintaining NPD schedules. You will be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities: • Ensure alignment of NPD schedules and test lab delivery. • Effective at establishing accurate schedules. • Maintain agility in team commitments. • Analyze project risks. • Provide assessments to leadership included Cost, Schedule, Delivery, Performance and Safety. • Provide clear, concise communication to stakeholders and upper management on status, technical details, risk, and risk mitigation proposals. • Responsible for maintaining project metrics surrounding intake, delivery, complexity, resource loading and agreed upon completion dates. • Consistently visualizes entire scope of a project. • Coordinate with North America labs on global initiatives related to planning. • Frame scope discussions surrounding test system requirements in collaboration with NPD, Test Lab, and Reliability Engineers • Communicate with vendors for procurement of material, costing, and schedule. • Identify areas of continuous improvement across global labs and automation. What TOOLS you’ll bring with you: • Bachelor of Science Degree • Minimum 1-3 years in related field • Proven history of managing low-moderate complexity projects and/or subsystems of larger projects. • Must have a working understanding of a wide variety of technologies associated with Milwaukee products. • Understanding data structures, processes, and metrics in lab operations • Understanding of work breakdown structures, Gantts, and RASICs • Proficient in the use of project planning software Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.

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