Innovation and Design Engineer, Worldwide Design and Engineering

About the role

We’re looking to add a high-impact engineer to our team in Nashville. In this role, you will collaborate with internal and external teams to design high-quality, cost-effective solutions for our fulfillment and distribution systems. You will own multiple projects simultaneously, from concept realization through design approval, and serve as the primary technical contact for suppliers. After design approval, you will hand off the project to our Ops Engineering team and support them to ensure successful installation, commissioning, and launch.

Your projects will include green-fields, brown-fields, and retrofits, covering fulfillment centers, cross-dock facilities, specialty facilities (e.g., reverse logistics, hazmat), and ground and air transportation centers throughout North America and Europe. You will work on both template-based and designed-from-scratch projects in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment with a team of highly skilled engineers. Our team handles hundreds of projects each year, offering high-impact, high-visibility opportunities for growth.

Responsibilities

• Design high-quality, cost-effective fulfillment and distribution systems in collaboration with internal and external teams.
• Own multiple projects from concept to design approval, acting as the primary technical contact for suppliers.
• Hand off completed designs to the Ops Engineering team and support installation, commissioning, and launch.
• Work on a variety of projects, including green-fields, brown-fields, retrofits, and specialty facilities (e.g., reverse logistics, hazmat).
• Design systems leveraging automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and robotics.
• Operate in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with a focus on high-impact, high-visibility projects.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in design/innovation, research & development, manufacturing, process, industrial engineering, or a related field.
• Experience managing engineering design projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering (any domain), Operations, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Knowledge of system architecture, optimization, system dynamics, statistical analysis, reliability analysis, and decision-making.
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and high-speed manufacturing systems.
• Experience with design-in-safety and process design based on Lean Principles.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Maternity and parental leave options.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Health insurance options (Basic Life & AD&D, supplemental life plans, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line).
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• Parental leave.

Pay

USA, TN, Nashville: $94,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington: $99,300.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually