Design Engineer, Juvenile

The Design Engineer will join our juvenile Product Development team bringing consumer products to market. This position will act as the bridge from product ideation to mass production, designing with manufacturing in mind. The Design Engineer will have strong organizational and prioritization skills, staying on top of multiple projects at the same time. The selected individual will have strong solving problems skills, have critical thinking and the ability to troubleshoot different kinds of product, manufacturing, or material challenges.

Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Take on full responsibility for managing multiple design projects from ideation through production tooling release within a fast-paced development environment
• Manage projects according to key project indicators – schedule, budget, and quality.
  
  

Product Development

• Transform product ideas and concepts into reality while following the stage-gate design process
• Identify critical product characteristics and ensure integration into product designs
• Identify the best materials and manufacturing methods to meet the performance needs of the product requirements
• Establish product manufacturing production specifications.
  
  

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Ensure cross-functional teamwork and communication with internal and external contacts to drive the progress of projects.
• Collaborate with strategy, design, packaging engineering, and regulatory teams to identify challenges and offer solutions.
  
  

Vendor Collaboration

• Maintain regular communications supporting successful partnerships and manage project expectations and collaborative designs.
• Domestic and international travel is required (15%)
  
  

Deliverables

• Tool ready 3D product design
• Product and material specifications
• Design for manufacturability.
• Sustaining engineering, updates and improvements of existing products.
  
  

Qualities

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design or equivalent work experience
• 3 - 5 years of Design Engineering experience
• Proficient in 2D, 3D CAD software (Solid Works preferred)
• Design for manufacturability experience
• Experience and knowledge of various materials and manufacturing processes, including plastics injection manufacturing
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
• FEA analysis, tooling design, and manufacturing experience (a plus)
• Experience developing products in highly regulated industries (kids, medical)
• Experience working with electronics, soft goods and textiles (Nice to have)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment in which requirements & priorities constantly change.
• A self-starter with an ability to complete tasks both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.