Project Engineer

Duties/Responsibilities

• Represent Product Engineering on new product development teams for both manufactured and sourced products.
• Provide design recommendations and clarifications to development partners through presentations, design reviews, and sketches.
• Create complex, tooling-ready SolidWorks (and imported) 3D models and 2D drawings across manufacturing processes such as injection molding, die casting, sheet metal, electrical, and machining.
• Promote a collaborative team environment within Engineering and across cross-functional groups (Manufacturing, Product Management, Procurement, etc.).
• Identify and propose improvements to reduce non-value-added work, improve procedures, and minimize errors.
• Partner with the testing team to define appropriate durability and performance test plans.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers and designers on product design and development best practices.
• Support the change management process, including ECRs, ECOs, and basic BOM development.
• Occasionally travel to suppliers and development partners (domestic and international).

Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong technical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Professional experience using Solidworks 3D CAD required, minimum 5 years’ experience.
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Solidworks, or other preferred tools to create and manipulate sketches to show design progression or alternative design options.
• An understanding of what design features represent visual brand language is a plus.
• Industrial design experience is also a plus.
• Able to create and check 2D drawings that define the product geometry and requirements with attention to detail to prevent published errors.
• Communicate with vendors (written and verbally) the important features of a design and the quality expectations needed.
• Practical design knowledge of injection molding resins, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and other typical materials found in consumer products (specifically outdoor power equipment/power tools).
• Knowledge of tolerances for various manufacturing methods.
• Use of measurement tools (Calipers, micrometer, gage pins, comparator, etc.) to validate design features.
• Light fabrication skills using a variety of tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

• Strong technical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Professional experience using Solidworks 3D CAD.
• Adobe Photoshop, Solidworks, or other preferred tools to create and manipulate sketches.
• Understanding of design features representing visual brand language.
• Industrial design experience.
• Ability to create and check 2D drawings.
• Practical design knowledge of injection molding resins, metals, and materials.
• Measurement tools (Calipers, micrometer, etc.) to validate design features.
• Fabrication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• 11 paid holidays
• Extremely affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Yearly bonus potential
• 5% 401K match
• Tuition reimbursement

Pay

The salary range for this position is $110,000 - $120,000 based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This is an on-site position based at our Lake Zurich, IL location.