Product Design Engineer I

About the role

Puck is a dynamic manufacturing company located in Manning, IA. We are seeking a Product Design Engineer I to join our team. The ideal candidate is a technically minded, detail-driven engineer with 3+ years of related design engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and update part and small-assembly models in accordance with the Engineering Standards Manual
• Model routing for electrical and hydraulic systems, fasteners, and specification callouts
• Maintain the Puck part library for both manufactured and purchased parts in accordance with the Engineering Standards Manual
• Organize and structure models to align with manufacturing flow and product configurations
• Perform basic engineering calculations — such as stress, tolerance stack-ups, and power — to support assigned design work
• Ensure bills of materials (BOMs) accurately reflect production-floor requirements
• Contribute to product specification documentation
• Coordinate updates to customer-facing assets such as owner, technical, and parts manuals resulting from ECOs or related design changes
• Participate in First Article Inspection (FIT) activities on the production floor and assist in creating FIT documentation
• Support senior engineers with design tasks and related documentation
• Participate in product design meetings including stand-ups, design reviews, project hand-offs, and manufacturing hand-offs
• Complete assigned EWR work

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years of related design engineering experience
• Associate's degree or higher in engineering or a related science preferred

Benefits

• Medical insurance through Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield — choice of $2,000 PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP)
• Dental insurance through Delta Dental of Iowa
• Vision insurance through Delta Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA) — eligible with HDHP enrollment
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) — Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care options
• Company-paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance (1x annual earnings up to $50,000)
• Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance for employee, spouse, and dependents
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability — replaces up to 60% of income (up to $1,500/week)
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability — replaces up to 60% of income (up to $7,500/month)
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance through Mutual of Omaha
• 401(k) retirement plan