Product Design Engineer - Sheet Metal & Plastics

About the role

We’re partnering with a privately owned, growing manufacturer that is looking for a Product Design Engineer to support new product development from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Create 3D models, drawings, BOMs, and release documentation.
• Design parts and assemblies involving sheet metal, plastic injection molding, formed parts, and manufactured components.
• Apply DFM and DFA principles to make products easier, faster, and more cost-effective to manufacture.
• Support prototyping, testing, validation, and design improvements.
• Perform basic engineering analysis, including FEA, tolerance stack-ups, stress checks, and thermal assessments.
• Work with Manufacturing, Quality, Suppliers, and Product Management to solve design and production issues.
• Support continuous improvement efforts to improve quality, reduce cost, and shorten lead times.

Requirements

• Mechanical product design experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with SolidWorks.
• Proven experience designing sheet metal and/or plastic injection molded parts.
• Ability to take products from concept, prototype, testing, validation, and production release.
• Strong understanding of DFM, DFA, tolerances, materials, and manufacturability.
• Experience creating finished drawings, BOMs, and engineering documentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing and suppliers.
• Experience with fans, ventilation, HVAC components, or system-level mechanical products is a plus.

Qualifications

• No remote or work-from-home option.
• MUST have strong mechanical design experience with sheet metal and/or plastic injection molded parts.

Skills

• Strong mechanical design experience with sheet metal and/or plastic injection molded parts.
• Hands-on experience with SolidWorks.
• Understanding of DFM, DFA, tolerances, materials, and manufacturability.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to work cross-functionally with manufacturing and suppliers.
• Experience with fans, ventilation, HVAC components, or system-level mechanical products is a plus.

Benefits

• $105,000-$120,000 salary plus bonus.
• Healthcare premiums 100% paid by the company.
• 401(k) match.

Pay

• $105,000-$120,000 salary plus bonus.

Schedule

• Full-Time.