Furniture Product Developer & Prototyping Engineer

Davis Furniture; High Point (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Pay

Excellent health insurance

Dental and vision plans

Short-term and Long-term disability

Job summary

Davis Furniture in High Point, NC is seeking a Product Development Engineer to take concepts from sketches through prototyping, testing, and production launch. This role collaborates with Industrial Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Sales to ensure new furniture meets design, performance, quality, cost, and manufacturability requirements.

The ideal candidate has furniture manufacturing or contract office furniture experience, strong SolidWorks CAD skills, hands-on prototyping,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• 2–5 years of product development or furniture manufacturing experience preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of SolidWorks CAD experience.
• Experience taking products from concept through production.

Responsibilities

• Develop new furniture products from concept and initial sketches through prototyping, engineering, and production launch.
• Create and maintain SolidWorks 3D models, assemblies, engineering drawings, BOMs, specifications, and product documentation.
• Design and develop furniture components, mechanical systems, hardware, and assemblies for functionality, durability, quality, cost, and manufacturability.
• Work with materials and processes including wood, metal, upholstery, plastics, laminates, CNC machining, welding, finishing, and assembly.
• Build and evaluate prototypes and samples; identify and resolve design, fit, function, quality, and manufacturing issues.
• Collaborate with Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Sales, suppliers, and other teams throughout the product development process.
• Manage multiple development projects, timelines, priorities, and engineering changes.
• Support production trials, first-run builds, product testing, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing products, processes, materials, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Provide practical, cost-effective engineering solutions while maintaining design intent and company quality standards.

Skills

SolidWorks CAD

Prototyping

Modelmaking

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Davis Furniture in High Point, NC is seeking a Product Development Engineer to take concepts from sketches through prototyping, testing, and production launch. This role collaborates with Industrial Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Sales to ensure new furniture meets design, performance, quality, cost, and manufacturability requirements.

The ideal candidate has furniture manufacturing or contract office furniture experience, strong SolidWorks CAD skills, hands-on prototyping,