Description: Provide creative direction and mechanical engineering design expertise for custom furniture and shade structure projects.

Primary Objective: Provide mechanical engineering design expertise to ensure high quality designs are created for custom furniture/shade structure projects and delivered in a timely manner.

Reports To: Director of Sales

Responsibilities:

CREATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN

- Use your artistic talent to conceptualize and create new products and product collections

- Build 3D models and create renderings for new and existing products 

- Review existing product designs for improved aesthetics, functionality and manufacturability  

- Brainstorm ideas for planning and product selection on new projects

- Prepare detailed product drawings for custom components

- Create space plan layouts in AutoCAD for various indoor and outdoor seating environments 

- Maintain library of standard components to facilitate efficient design of near-standard systems

CUSTOM PRODUCT ENGINEERING

- Design of mechanical parts and assemblies for custom furniture and shade structure products

- Preparation of mechanical drawings using Inventor and AutoCAD 3D

- Review product designs for manufacturability with Production team  

- Coordinate design / structural integrity of shade structures with Professional Engineering firm

- Component research of parts and material selection

- Establish sizing / tolerance of mechanical parts and interfaces

- Preparation of parts drawings and Bills Of Material

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

- Liaison with manufacturing, purchasing, engineering and QA

- Product design liaison for Sales and Project Management team

- Responsible for successful hand-off of Assembly Drawings to manufacturing team

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

- Corrective and preventative action for existing mechanical products (ECR investigator)

- Design enhancements for continuous improvement and cost savings

- Preparation of documents to record and detail mechanical design changes (ECNs)

Qualifications:

Education/Training

• Diploma or degree in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering/Technology or equivalent experience

Experience

• Minimum 4 years experience in mechanical/industrial design and/or manufacturing setting

Skills

• A designer with a flare for creativity and the ability to ‘think outside the box'.

• Mechanical design and detailing, specializing in product design. 

• Expertise in using AutoCAD/Inventor for 3D part design, detailing, assembly, and manufacturing.  

• Mechanical design analysis, including structural frame sizing, mechanical interface calculations and feasibility.

• Ideally, comes with experience working in a manufacturing environment 

• Practical knowledge of manufacturing processes used in custom manufacturing.