Design Engineer

Marmon Holdings, Inc.•Paragould, AR

20d

About The Position

L.A. Darling Company LLC, a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings (backed by Berkshire Hathaway), is seeking a Product Design Engineer. This role involves developing and maintaining product designs for a defined group of customer accounts, focusing on product design, continuous improvement, new product development, and Engineering Change Number (ECN) control management. L.A. Darling has been a leader in designing and manufacturing custom retail displays and fixtures since 1897, offering services like rapid prototyping, efficient production, and installation.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Engineering
1 to 3 years of related experience

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 3 years’ design or design drafting experience in a related field, preferred.

Responsibilities

Creative product design through customer input.
Development of designs that can be manufactured and sold at prices which will return an acceptable profit margin.
Coordinate design activities within a cross-functional team environment.
Interaction with prototype technicians in designing and testing store fixtures per customer needs.
Interface with Sales, Marketing, and the customer to accurately define and document the customer’s fixture requirements.
Design product in cooperation with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure product can be efficiently manufactured with existing LA Darling capability.
Develop product designs that deliver customer satisfaction as measured by design success rate and product margins and utilize existing manufacturing process capabilities.
Meet personal CIP goal and assist in departmental goal accomplishment.
Manage and successfully complete on schedule assigned special projects and meet design activity timetables at a 95% compliance rate.
Integrate existing products into new designs where possible.
Facilitate product introduction by providing manufacturing support on the first production run and provide design engineering support to the manufacturing plant.
Meet goals of VA/VE processes assigned on annual basis.