Design Engineer

Worthington Armstrong Venture (WAVE), a joint venture between Worthington Enterprises Inc. and Armstrong World Industries Inc., is a worldwide leader in suspended ceiling systems sold under the Armstrong brand. Founded in 1992, WAVE operates under a long-standing corporate philosophy rooted in the Golden Rule, combining the world-class culture of both parents to emphasize commitment to customers, suppliers, and shareholders. WAVE provides total ceiling solutions that create distinct and innovative visuals in commercial and residential spaces, reducing installation time and cost while supporting customer collaboration.

About the role

As a Design Engineer, you will be at the forefront of transforming how our custom-engineered solutions are delivered by leveraging DriveWorks to drive design-process automation. In this role, you will partner with our Design and Custom Solutions teams to develop high-quality SolidWorks models and DriveWorks applications that accelerate engineering workflows, improve accuracy, and support our expanding portfolio of mission-critical and data center products. We seek a skilled designer with a strong foundation in parametric modeling, a meticulous eye for manufacturability, and a curiosity for engineering automation. While experience with DriveWorks is a plus, we are committed to investing in training for a talented designer who enjoys solving complex configuration challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and manufacturing drawings.
• Develop configurable parametric models that support custom products and accommodate varying dimensions, materials, finishes, accessories, and customer requirements.
• Build and maintain DriveWorks configurators and engineering rules.
• Validate automated drawings, bills of material, and engineering outputs.
• Support engineering change implementation and new product introductions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify product configurations and improve engineering efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Manufacturing, Sales, IT, and Engineering.
• Translate product requirements and design standards into reliable CAD models, configuration logic, bills of material, and drawing outputs.
• Support the engineering release of new products, product enhancements, and custom solutions.
• Implement engineering changes across models, assemblies, drawings, bills of material, and configuration tools.
• Maintain organized engineering data, product documentation, revision information, and design standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 2–5 years of experience with SolidWorks or another parametric CAD platform.
• Experience creating manufacturing drawings and assemblies.
• Strong understanding of parametric modeling principles.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across functions.
• Eagerness to learn new engineering and automation tools.
• Familiarity with bills of material, manufacturing processes, tolerances, and engineering change practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, data organization, and lookup functions.

Qualifications

• Experience with DriveWorks.
• Experience with configurable or engineer-to-order products.
• Experience with SolidWorks PDM or similar product data management software.
• Knowledge of bills of material and manufacturing processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience working in a manufacturing, industrial equipment, data center, or mission-critical environment.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $86,970 to $108,713 annually, with a quarterly profit-sharing opportunity in addition to base compensation.

About Us

Worthington Enterprises (NYSE: WOR) is a designer and manufacturer of market-leading brands that help improve everyday life by elevating spaces and experiences. The company operates with two primary business units: Building Products and Consumer Products. The Building Products segment includes cooking, heating, cooling and water solutions, architectural and acoustical grid ceilings, and metal framing and accessories. The Consumer Products segment provides solutions for tools, outdoor living, and celebrations categories. Product brands include Balloon Time®, Bernzomatic®, Coleman® (propane cylinders), CoMet®, Elgen, Garden Weasel®, General®, HALO™, Hawkeye™, Level5 Tools®, Mag Torch®, NEXI™, Pactool International®, PowerCore™, Ragasco®, Well-X-Trol®, and XLite™, among others.