Product Design Engineer: Retail Fixtures & Prototyping

L.A. Darling Company LLC; Paragould (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

L.A. Darling Company LLC, part of Marmon Holdings under Berkshire Hathaway, seeks a Product Design Engineer to develop and maintain product designs for assigned customer accounts.

Responsibilities include continuous improvement, new product development, and ECN control to ensure profitable, manufacturable solutions. The role emphasizes collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Manufacturing Engineering to meet customer requirements and improve margins while delivering high-quality fixtures and

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Engineering.
• 1 to 3 years of related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ design or design drafting experience in a related field, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Creative product design through customer input.
• Development of designs which can be manufactured and sold at prices which will return an acceptable profit margin.
• Coordinate design activities within a cross-functional team environment.
• Interaction with prototype technicians in designing and testing with Prototype Technicians store fixtures per needs of the customer.
• Interface with Sales, Marketing, and the customer to accurately define and document the customer’s fixture requirements.
• Design product in cooperation with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure product can be efficiently manufactured with existing LA Darling capability.
• Develop product designs which deliver customer satisfaction as measured by design success rate and product margins and utilize existing manufacturing process capabilities.
• Meet personal CIP goal and assist in departmental goal accomplishment.
• Manage and successfully complete on schedule assigned special projects and meet design activity timetables at a 95% compliance rate.
• Integrate existing products into new designs where possible.
• Facilitate product introduction by providing manufacturing support on the first production run and provide design engineering support to the manufacturing plant.
• Meet goals of VA/VE processes assigned on annual basis.

Education

B.S. degree in Engineering

Job description

L.A. Darling Company LLC, part of Marmon Holdings under Berkshire Hathaway, seeks a Product Design Engineer to develop and maintain product designs for assigned customer accounts.

Responsibilities include continuous improvement, new product development, and ECN control to ensure profitable, manufacturable solutions. The role emphasizes collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Manufacturing Engineering to meet customer requirements and improve margins while delivering high-quality fixtures and