Applications Engineer - Transit Seating CAD Design

American Seating Company; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

American Seating Company in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking an Applications Engineer to optimize seating product designs for customer layouts and to develop mounting systems using SolidWorks. You will coordinate with manufacturing and engineering teams to ensure designs meet specifications and cost targets.

The role involves creating CAD drawings, BOMs, and collaborating with OEM engineers to fulfill end-user requirements.

Qualifications

• Associates degree with emphasis in mechanical design field preferred.
• Four years related work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Functions as an engineering leader for applying seating products to customer vehicles (buses, trains, etc.).
• Solves design problems to meet customers’ requests.
• Works with Tooling, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering and Purchasing to implement product into manufacturing.
• Generates CAD drawings and bill of materials for manufacturing and cost estimation.
• Completes detailed drawings with BOMs and assemblies.
• Collaborates with OEM Engineers to discuss seat model data and end user requirements.
• May work with external suppliers and production personnel to improve processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Project management

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Associates degree in mechanical design

Tools

SolidWorks

MS Office

Job description

American Seating Company in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking an Applications Engineer to optimize seating product designs for customer layouts and to develop mounting systems using SolidWorks. You will coordinate with manufacturing and engineering teams to ensure designs meet specifications and cost targets.

The role involves creating CAD drawings, BOMs, and collaborating with OEM engineers to fulfill end-user requirements.