Product Designer II: DFM for Modular Construction

Blox-LLC; Bessemer (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

BLOX LLC in Bessemer, AL designs and builds modular buildings and components in a factory setting. You will join a new product launch team to shape architecture, usability, configuration, and materials, producing models, drawings, and documentation for production and field use.

The Product Designer II will connect design intent with manufacturability, cost, and quality, while collaborating with manufacturing and program teams to enable smooth launches and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, Product Design, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–6 years designing physical products for production in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong 3D CAD skills and ability to produce complete production drawings.
• Hands-on experience creating and maintaining BOMs and managing engineering change control.
• Working knowledge of DfM/DfA, fabrication methods (sheet metal, structural steel, welding, fastening), and tolerancing.
• Ability to work on the shop floor with production teams to solve problems in real time.

Responsibilities

• Develop new product concepts and refine existing designs for usability, configuration, materials, and cost.
• Build and maintain complete, current 3D models and production drawings for assigned products.
• Produce fabrication files, specification sheets, and bills of material (BOMs) before release to production.
• Apply design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-assembly principles so products are efficient to build, inspect, and install.
• Make material and component choices that balance performance, cost, availability, and manufacturability.
• Own design change control: document revisions and keep models, drawings, and BOMs traceable and aligned.
• Work daily with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management to resolve build issues and feed lessons back into the design.
• Track design-input errors, rework, scrap, and production delays tied to design, then lead continuous-improvement actions to reduce them.
• Support prototyping, first-article builds, and product launch readiness.

Skills

3D CAD

BOM creation

DFM/DFA

Engineering change

Shop floor support

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

SolidWorks

Job description

BLOX LLC in Bessemer, AL designs and builds modular buildings and components in a factory setting. You will join a new product launch team to shape architecture, usability, configuration, and materials, producing models, drawings, and documentation for production and field use.

The Product Designer II will connect design intent with manufacturability, cost, and quality, while collaborating with manufacturing and program teams to enable smooth launches and continuous improvement.