Design Engineer

Polywood • Syracuse, IN

6d • Onsite

About The Position

At POLYWOOD, we believe great products start with great people. The kind of people who can take an idea, think through the details, solve the practical challenges, and help bring something beautiful and durable to life. If that sounds like you, you might be the next Design Engineer to join our Product Development and Design team in Syracuse, Indiana.

POLYWOOD makes sustainable outdoor furniture that is built to last for generations. Our products are designed with purpose, manufactured with care, and made using recycled plastics, including our genuine POLYWOOD lumber. Our Product Development and Design teams play an important role in shaping what comes next. They help turn new ideas into products that are beautiful, durable, manufacturable, and ready for real life outside. Joining POLYWOOD means joining a company driven by sustainability, thoughtful design, innovation, and growth. It also means being part of a team that values collaboration, problem solving, and building something meaningful together.

Requirements

• Experience with CAD modeling
• Experience with technical drawings
• Experience with product development
• Experience with prototyping
• Experience with design-for-manufacturing
• Comfortable working through design challenges, asking good questions, and helping improve products before they reach production
• Experience with SolidWorks, Mastercam, or similar CAD/CAM tools would be especially valuable
• Experience supporting CNC, routing, tube laser, fabrication, assembly, or production documentation would also help you stand out
• Familiarity with Jira or other project/workflow management systems is a plus

Responsibilities

• Translating sketches, renderings, design direction, and early concepts into engineered models
• Developing 3D CAD models, technical drawings, assemblies, and production-intent design details
• Creating and refining models for sampling, prototyping, costing, testing, and cross-functional review
• Evaluating concepts for manufacturability, assembly, structural performance, material efficiency, and long-term production viability
• Partnering with manufacturing, engineering, CNC, fabrication, costing, and product development teams to resolve design challenges
• Supporting prototype development with accurate model files, drawings, cut files, assemblies, and documentation
• Reviewing prototype builds, identifying fit and function issues, recommending corrections, and documenting design revisions
• Participating in product reviews before handoff to help ensure design intent, construction details, manufacturing requirements, and documentation are aligned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed