Technical Designer Toss/Throw, Window, & Partnerships - US

Target • Minneapolis, MN

7d • $71,000 - $128,000

About The Position

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here . A role with Engineering and Technical Design means being on a team of engineers and technical designers who create products that truly embody the intent of Target-owned brands. Can you ensure that each product has that just-right mix of style, quality and value? Do you love to create technical product solutions that help meet strategic business goals? Then you’ll have success on our talented and innovative team. Here, you’ll partner with our quality and compliance teams to understand performance testing protocols and develop products that meet them. Your work can help identify technical specifications and quality standards like raw materials, fit and function, construction details and dimensions. You’ll leverage collective expertise to suggest improvements to cost of goods, assembly, sustainability and ROI. You’ll also collaborate with vendors to ensure that the brand vision is clearly understood and successfully brought to life with every product we offer. As a Technical Designer, you will support and be responsible for the product design and development process. This requires a diligent approach to workload and maintaining timely communication with cross functional partners. You will be responsible for understanding business initiatives, product functional requirements, and performance expectations to ensure fit and quality consistency of the product. In addition, you will work collaboratively with cross functional partners including vendors and PSQA Quality team for effective technical specifications and product quality standards. You’ll also support and be responsible for timely sample evaluations, ensure fit consistency and quality levels are met, and have an approval of all supported products. In collaboration with both internal and external partners, you will co-develop products, ensure the brand vision is executed, and identify and address manufacturing and quality issues. With regards to research, you will be responsible for understanding the competition and benchmarks for specified product categories and developing innovative product solutions. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• Four-year degree Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, Product Development, related field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of testing, safety and legal requirements for consumer products
• Knowledge of applicable raw materials and their performance and usage
• Strong knowledge of various 2-D and/or 3-D CAD software packages
• Exhibits a working knowledge of product manufacturing
• Ability to build relationships in order to successfully work in a team environment

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees