We are looking for a teammate to work with our Marketing, Industrial Design, Sourcing and Manufacturing teams to bring products to market that reflect our design ethos, but more importantly, support human needs and solve challenges for the people using our products. We work closely together in taking napkin sketches, human-centered design and bringing them to life in meaningful ways through material selection and application-based thinking. We want a teammate that will stretch our capabilities as well as be willing to put in the necessary work that supports business ease for our partners and our company.

As we build cross-functional development teams, responsibility fo this role will have engineering opportunities to work across the product portfolio in seating, casegoods, tables, and emerging categories such as soft architecture for office, healthcare, education, government, hospitality and residential markets.

Responsibilities include:

• Understanding and engineering products that adhere to our design ethos and the designers design intention until circumstances call for adjustment
• Responsible for engineering new products and enhancements including
  • Creating product speci?cations based on market requirements
  • Manufacturing/material/tooling process selection
  • CAD documentation
  • Technical reviews and BOMs
  • Assist marketing and instruction documents
  • Coordinate product testing
• Lead prototyping and sampling efforts to make timely, informed decisions
• Conduct, validate and document ?rst article review and analysis, component integrity
• Ownership that products meet/exceed industry standards and performance

Education, skills and requirements

• Solid communication skills to effectively articulate ideas and challenges
• Appreciate and execute to engineer with purpose with regard for the environment, value and manufacturability
• Open-minded, energetic and a positive attitude when work intensi?es
• Capable of creating 3D models and 2D drawings using SolidWorks
• Minimum 2-year degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology or a related ?eld
• 4 years of experience in engineering or manufacturing preferred
• Knowledge of BIFMA standards preferred
• Injection molding knowledge and experience a plus
• Aluminum die cast and extrusion knowledge and experience a plus