Associate Design Engineer

Morgan Street Holdings•Chicago, IL

36d•$60,000 - $70,000•Hybrid

About The Position

tms unites technology, marketing, and sourcing to drive transformational change for the world’s leading brands. With 1,200+ employees across 26 countries, we offer an impressive range of solutions – from inspiration and innovation to category management and delivery. Operating as a creative agency, a strategic consultancy, a sourcing business, and a technology provider, we engage with over 110 million customers every single day for our clients, including McDonald’s, T-Mobile, O2, Starbucks, and adidas. Most importantly, we're a place where you can achieve great things, and be recognized as the best. WHAT MATTERS THE MOST Breakthrough, business-driving ideas come from extraordinary people with the freedom to be their most authentic selves at work. Authenticity and diversity are critical elements of our business. They can only be realized when we create access and equity for all. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging and aspire to be ever-evolving. tms is a place where brilliant people are better together. If you want your ideas to be heard and to contribute to a culture of inclusion and authenticity, bring us your voice! Visit us at tmsw.com. WHY WE THINK YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE Assists with engineering development of promotional toy products with a focus on plastic, plush, and paper executions. Responsible for maintaining engineering documentation, prototypes, and samples. Provide engineering input/solutions to the internal development teams to help deliver products that are creative, safe, reliable, manufacturable, within cost parameters, and on time. Research and propose design solutions through sketches or prototypes during concept generation, model development, and pre-production stages. Support client and licensor concept/model/pre-production presentations. Develop specification packages to communicate and optimize product designs. Estimate concept costs to help steer development towards the established cost targets. Participate in daily team meetings. Maintain all design engineering documentation including, but not limited to, design concepts, approval forms, change forms, prototypes, and pre-production samples. Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Requirements

BS in Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, or equivalent
2 years work experience preferred

Nice To Haves

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Experience with plastic toy development is highly preferred.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop preferred.
Experience with 3D printing and Fusion 360 is helpful

Responsibilities

Assists with engineering development of promotional toy products with a focus on plastic, plush, and paper executions.
Responsible for maintaining engineering documentation, prototypes, and samples.
Provide engineering input/solutions to the internal development teams to help deliver products that are creative, safe, reliable, manufacturable, within cost parameters, and on time.
Research and propose design solutions through sketches or prototypes during concept generation, model development, and pre-production stages.
Support client and licensor concept/model/pre-production presentations.
Develop specification packages to communicate and optimize product designs.
Estimate concept costs to help steer development towards the established cost targets.
Participate in daily team meetings.
Maintain all design engineering documentation including, but not limited to, design concepts, approval forms, change forms, prototypes, and pre-production samples.
Perform other related duties as required and assigned.