Designer II - The Toro Company

Who Are We?

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company founded in 1914. We are dedicated to providing high-quality equipment to help maintain the environments we love, while supporting our local communities.

About the Role

As the Designer II, you will be responsible for meeting customer requirements and schedules. Your tasks will include creating designs and design layouts for new product concepts, ensuring compliance with market, safety, quality, performance, reliability, durability, and regulatory standards, coordinating designs with other project members, and managing the manufacturing and service processes.

Responsibilities

• Create designs and design layouts for new product concepts, new products, or improvements to existing products.
• Ensure engineering design meets market, safety, quality, performance, reliability, durability, and regulatory requirements of the customer.
• Prepare design layouts and coordinate designs with others assigned to the project to ensure integration of the design.
• Responsible for design details such as design concepts, CAD modeling, layouts, material selection, preliminary FEA, and drawing reviews including GD&T.
• Secure assistance from consultants or internal specialists, such as CAE analysis support engineers (CFD, FEA, NVH), manufacturing engineers, and vendor experts.
• Use the best technology available in all areas of design. Conduct team design reviews, safety reviews, and cost and manufacturing reviews.
• Ensure that all parts designed can be manufactured (DFMA).
• Maintain accurate lists of parts created in CAD (Creo) and SAP. Coordinate or help to coordinate the release of parts for production whether for prototypes or final production.
• Work with Design Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Test Engineers, and others to determine changes needed to meet customer requirements.
• Work with vendors to identify and select vendor-supplied components to integrate into designs.
• Keep supervisor informed of project status and issues that may require assistance.
• Related duties: Assist manufacturing/assembly during prototype, pilot, and production builds at plant locations. Prepare prototypes to ensure needs are met for sales, marketing, manuals, packaging, service, manufacturing, and QC reference. Create and document potential patentable ideas.

Requirements

• BD/BS, Engineering related field.
• Two-year degree: 3-5 years of experience.
• Four-year degree: 1-3 years of experience.
• CAD, SolidWorks.
• Manufacturing environment experience.
• MRP/ERP.
• Problem solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP.
• DFMA.
• Lever/CI Experience.

What Can We Give You?

• A competitive salary.
• An affordable and top-tier medical/dental/vision plan.
• A 401(k) retirement plan.
• Many other great benefits.
• Dress for your day - We encourage you to dress comfortably.
• Convenient location near both St. Paul and Minneapolis.
• Onsite café serving both breakfast and lunch.
• Complimentary use of an onsite fitness facility.
• Volunteerism - 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
• Summer Hours - Flexible schedule during the summer.
• Competitive Salary - The pay range is between $73,100 - $91,400.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision Plan.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan.
• Complimentary Fitness Facility.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Flexible Summer Hours.
• Competitive Salary Range.