Role Description:
This position is responsible for interpreting customer’s furniture concepts and specifications to design and draw products for manufacturability and meet customer requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Read and interpret customer’s design specifications
- Create and revise 3D models and 2D shop drawings and sketches for customer approval
- Collaborate with Project Managers and assist in communications with customers, designers, purchasing, owners, and installers
- Collaborate with Product Engineering and manufacturing to best align design with production capabilities and platforms (e.g., VE, DFM)
- Assist other Design Engineers, as needed, to resolve design challenges or meet project timelines
- Ensure product design meets all customer performance and functional requirements, including conducting “as designed” testing or engineering calculations
- Research and specify decorative hardware, functional hardware and other unique materials or features
- Collaborate with product engineering and purchasing on sourcing purchased components (e.g., “or equal”, obsolesces, or regulatory changes)
- Clearly identify locations of different finishes and/or materials on drawings
- Create stone drawings and other sourced products
- Have good working knowledge of brand standards by customer
- Understand key industry requirements: ADA, electrical codes, etc.
- Create common parts, blocks, details, models and share with Design Engineer TeamMaintain Excel spreadsheets: Series Log, Model Log and Project List
- Review own drawings for accuracy before releasing to Project Manager / customer and filing.
- Ensure product, as designed, can be easily field assembled and installed
- Review and provide feedback to factory on installation instructions
- Assist Project Managers with product testing
- Participate and share ideas to continuously improve the design engineering process
Skills to Perform This Role:
Interpersonal Skills
- Individual is team oriented, honest, and highly motivated
- Ability to receive constructive feedback to improve personal performance
- Creative thinker, problem solver
- Detail oriented
- Ability to build and sustain relationships
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that is goal and continuous improvement driven
Communication Skills
- Good listening skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate technical issues
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to conduct design reviews with customers
Business Skills
- Good time management skills
- Can handle multiple tasks
- Can prioritize multiple tasks appropriately to meet business needs
- Understanding of role in the company
Technical Skills
- Demonstrated capability with engineering practices and ANSI drawing standards
- Capable of interpreting ambiguous design details to convert into a product that meets: aesthetics, function, durability and cost parameters for a hotel environment
- Demonstrated capability with manufacturing and tooling processes
- Understanding of prototyping techniques
- Understanding of Casegoods/Seating industry
- PC literate and fluent with Microsoft office programs
- Highly productive in creating 2D drawings and capability to produce 3D models
- Ability to operate CAD related office products; scanner, printer, plotter, etc…
- Understanding of Quality Fundamentals
- Understanding of Product Development and Engineering change processes
- Understanding of various materials including wood, metal, plastic, composites, fabrics, glass, acrylic, electric components, etc. and their common use applications / limitations
Qualifications:
Educational / Experience
- BS (4-year degree) in Engineering, Engineering Technology or related science preferred, but not required
- 3-5 years of experience in engineering or similar role and demonstrated significant contributions
- Rendering capabilities are a plus, utilizing software such as SketchUp, KeyShot, Blender, 3ds Max, etc.
VISA Sponsorship
Kimball International, Inc. will not sponsor applicants for this position for employment/work visa status (e.g.. H-1B)
