Design & Automation Engineer — Inventor & iLogic Lead

Lava Island; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Denver on-site

Benefits program

Job summary

Lava Island in Denver is hiring a seasoned mechanical/product designer to own the original design of playground and jump deck equipment built in Autodesk Inventor. You will create build-ready specifications and develop automation using iLogic to scale manufacturing.

This from-scratch role will lead APS's move from AutoCAD to Inventor and train the team as you go. Based on on-site work in a production environment, you will collaborate with the Design/architecture team (Revit) and production

Qualifications

• 5+ years in mechanical or product design with original work in Autodesk Inventor.
• Autodesk Certified Professional in Inventor strongly preferred.
• Hands-on iLogic experience and built iLogic rules.
• Strong working knowledge of Inventor iProperties, BOMs, and docs.
• Experience integrating CAD with automation, CNC, or robotics systems.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and manufacturing requirements.
• Comfortable teaching others and leading a CAD platform transition.
• On-site work in a production/warehouse environment.

Responsibilities

• Own original product design for Lava Island’s playground and jump deck equipment from concept through build-ready specifications.
• Design automation using iLogic to scale production on APS’s floor.
• Lead the transition from AutoCAD to Inventor and train the team as you go.
• Coordinate with the design/architecture team in Revit for clean integration with layouts.
• Collaborate with production leadership to refine designs based on real build feedback.

Skills

Mechanical design

Product design

Leadership

Teaching others

On-site collaboration

Reading drawings

Education

Autodesk Certified Professional in Inventor for Mechanical Design

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

iLogic

Inventor API

Revit

Microsoft 365

Job description

Lava Island in Denver is hiring a seasoned mechanical/product designer to own the original design of playground and jump deck equipment built in Autodesk Inventor. You will create build-ready specifications and develop automation using iLogic to scale manufacturing.

This from-scratch role will lead APS's move from AutoCAD to Inventor and train the team as you go. Based on on-site work in a production environment, you will collaborate with the Design/architecture team (Revit) and production