Product Design Engineer

Grizzly Industrial • Bellingham, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We have an immediate opening for a Product Design Engineer in our Bellingham, WA facility. This role involves designing and implementing new products, product variations, and product enhancements. The engineer will connect design decisions to consumer needs through collaboration with Product Management and customer knowledge, and will also gain a deep understanding of the consumer experience by using and testing products. Key responsibilities include communicating project status, risks, and action items, designing and coordinating the construction of testing fixtures, developing strong working relationships with factories, Quality Control, and Product Management to meet targets, and creating and updating project documentation. The role also requires addressing non-conforming materials, identifying and working with third parties for project completion, and utilizing methodical problem-solving to address root causes. Proactively conceptualizing new ideas, applying modeling and drafting best practices, and identifying patentable design features are also part of the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering required
• Proficiency in modeling and drafting required
• Understand numerous engineering tools, statistical tolerance, stack-up, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize advanced statistics in problem solving.
• Creative and critical thinking skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to design and redesign products
• Problem solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Two or more years of mechanical design experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new products, product variations, and product enhancements utilizing CAD, statistical analysis, performance test results, and user review feedback.
• Connect design decisions to consumer needs through Product Management collaboration and customer knowledge.
• Understand the consumer experience beyond documented needs by using and testing products.
• Clearly communicate project action items, risks, and progress to management and team.
• Design and coordinate construction and use of capable testing fixtures that verify a design’s ability to meet functional objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with factories, Quality Control, and Product Management to ensure the product meets cost, quality, and schedule targets.
• Effectively and thoroughly create and update project documentation such as drawings, design journals, and test reports.
• Understand and address non-conforming material as it relates to the impact to the consumer.
• Identify and work with 3rd parties, as needed, to complete projects, such as prototype builds or testing.
• Identify problems and utilize methodical problem-solving methods to present solutions that address root cause.
• Proactively conceptualize and recommend new ideas that support the company’s mission and vision.
• Apply and recommend modeling or drafting and document control best practices.
• Identify patentable design features.

Benefits

• For a complete summary of our current benefit offerings please go to: https://support.grizzly.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404709035415-Employment-Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level