Product Launch Engineer II - Upholstery

La-Z-Boy; Dayton (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays & paid time off

Job summary

La-Z-Boy is seeking a skilled engineer to drive new product and engineering program design, validation, and launch, ensuring quality and aesthetic expectations are met. The role emphasizes delivering accurate design information, reducing post-launch changes, and leading initial training at manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities cover DFMA/DFM reviews, pilot builds, risk analysis (FMEA), and coordination of verification parts across sites.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED with 2-4 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Fully trained in upholstery, framing, sub-upholstery, assembly, and packaging process.
• Full knowledge and understanding of La-Z-Boy’s manufacturing standards and tolerances.
• 5 years’ experience in upholstery cell operations or equivalent design time at R&D.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, upholstery notes, prints, and the Bill of Materials.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence, create presentations, and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw a valid conclusion from the given premises.
• Operational knowledge of essential computer programs including Microsoft Office (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook), E1, and Agile.
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

• Review new product/engineering program information sheet and provide kick-off questions
• Review design iterations for DFMA best practices
• Actively participates in new product and engineering management reviews, acting as the voice of upholstery manufacturing
• Actively participates in DFM builds, FMEA, and project team program reviews
• Recommend data-driven design modifications
• Coordinate the delivery of new program verification and engineering pilot build parts from the Innovation Center, internal plant locations, supply centers, and external suppliers to the planned build location
• Verify the accuracy of design and engineering information such as upholstery notes, prints, and the Bill of Materials
• Check all applicable wood, poly, fiber bags, and sewn sets against manufacturing requirements
• Work with engineering to ensure new metal and plastic components and assemblies meet specifications
• Ensure new program verification and engineering pilot units are scheduled and batched for the build
• Build all new program verification units, and participate in engineering pilot builds
• Schedule manufacturing safety reviews with the plant EHS Team during the new program verification and engineering pilot builds
• Capture, report, and problem solve issues during the new program verification, engineering pilot, and new program/engineering launch meetings
• Lead new product and engineering program review meeting with the manufacturing plant leadership team
• Creation of applicable VSWIs
• Train the trainers and cell team members on the first production units, explaining quality expectations to ensure they are understood
• Assist in training as new products and engineering programs are introduced in additional cell locations
• Assist safe launch with LPA & OOB Audits

Skills

Report writing

Presentation skills

Interpersonal communication

Travel readiness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree (Mechanical/Industrial/Quality Engineering)

Tools

Solidworks

Visio

Microsoft Office Suite (Project/Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Teams/Outlook)

E1

Agile

Job description

La-Z-Boy is seeking a skilled engineer to drive new product and engineering program design, validation, and launch, ensuring quality and aesthetic expectations are met. The role emphasizes delivering accurate design information, reducing post-launch changes, and leading initial training at manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities cover DFMA/DFM reviews, pilot builds, risk analysis (FMEA), and coordination of verification parts across sites.