Product Development Engineer Location:Chicago, IL, Rate: Open.
100,000 - 200,000
Job Description:
Job description
Do you work relentlessly to understand users and dig deep to uncover their unmet needs? We create product concepts, validate them through rigorous prototyping, and agonize over the design and manufacturing details to develop outstanding products. We are looking for creative engineers who can bring ideas, solve mechanical challenges, and drive the product into production on schedule, at cost target, and with outstanding quality. If you are an innovative engineer that is passionate about developing awesome kids products, apply to join our team today!
Specific responsibilities include:
Create engineering solutions for new product concepts and develop those solutions in CAD using Solid Works
Create innovative mechanisms to deliver on functional expectations.
Concept generation of new products across all categories
Work with Marketing and Product Development teams to determine product features and functions including product size, mechanism design, material selection and construction method that deliver on product design expectations.
Collaborate with industrial designers to develop beautiful, great functioning products that deliver an outstanding consumer experience
Design parts for a variety of manufacturing processes including injection molding, blow molding roto-molding, stamping, and casting.
Create Bills of Materials, exploded view drawings and CAD Models for individual parts of a product.
Communicate with other engineers both in the U.S. and overseas through emails and conference calls
Collaborate with vendors and Procurement team to hit target costs.
Participate in brainstorming sessions to create new product concepts and provide solutions to technical problems
Provide engineering support to the Product Development team and other company departments including customer service, quality control and supply chain.
Contribute to building a \'rapid prototyping\' culture to test and prove-out ideas by creating prototype parts by using rapid prototyping and traditional model making technologies.
Participate in product testing of prototypes to aid the design process.
Participate in child product testing and consumer research to identify key insights that lead to product innovation.
Required Skills
Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering
At least 2 years of professional experience designing consumer products
Passion for developing children\'s products
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes to recommend innovative product design ideas.
Experience with Solid Works or other solid modeling CAD and all Microsoft Office software.
Above all, the individual must be an effective problem solver who is committed to producing products of exceptional quality and beautiful design.