Design Engineer: Own End-to-End Cookware Line (Chicago)
Job Juncture
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Job summary
Job Juncture in Chicago seeks a Design Engineer to own its commercial cooking equipment line. You will take products from concept through CAD, prototype, lab testing, agency approval and into production — reporting directly to the COO. In a company this size that means the person running the business sees your work, and decisions do not take six weeks.
You would not be doing it alone. There is drafting support and lab support, so you are the engineer — not also the draftsman and the test
Qualifications
- 5+ years of product design experience.
- Experience with products combining mechanical and electrical systems.
- Designed real parts for sheet metal forming, welding, manual and CNC machining.
- Comfortable running your own laboratory testing.
- Combustion experience and UL 197 / NSF familiarity are a bonus.
Responsibilities
- Develop new products and improve the existing line.
- Run complete testing, including extended lab programs on your own designs.
- Drive cost reduction into both new and current products.
- Coordinate manufacturing launches alongside production and sales.
- Document inventions to support patent applications.
- Write engineering and laboratory test reports.
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Job description
Job Juncture in Chicago seeks a Design Engineer to own its commercial cooking equipment line. You will take products from concept through CAD, prototype, lab testing, agency approval and into production — reporting directly to the COO. In a company this size that means the person running the business sees your work, and decisions do not take six weeks.
You would not be doing it alone. There is drafting support and lab support, so you are the engineer — not also the draftsman and the test
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