Senior Product Engineer: From Concept to Mass Manufacture

Wendover Art Group; Largo (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wendover Art Group in Largo, FL is seeking a Senior Product Engineer who thrives at the intersection of design, engineering, materials, and manufacturing. You will take concepts across signage, lighting, sculpture, mirrors, and custom installations and determine how they are built, tested, and manufactured.

You will design, model, prototype, and iterate with production teams, balancing design intent with manufacturability, cost, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or design discipline.
• 5+ years in product design and manufacturing is a plus.
• Experience taking physical products from concept through manufacturing.
• Advanced proficiency in SolidWorks, Rhino, AutoCAD, or comparable CAD tools.
• Ability to create production-ready drawings, specifications, BOMs, tolerances, and documentation.
• Strong understanding of materials, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Own products from concept through production, including engineering, prototyping, testing, refinement, and manufacturing launch.
• Engineer creative concepts into buildable solutions, defining materials, dimensions, tolerances, hardware, joinery, finishes, assembly, and installation.
• Develop complete 3D models, CAD files, production drawings, BOMs, specifications, and manufacturing documentation.
• Build and test prototypes directly with materials, tooling, equipment, and production teams.
• Engineer for manufacturability, quality, cost, scalability, durability, and repeatability without compromising design intent.
• Research new materials, technologies, fabrication methods, and processes that expand what Wendover can create.
• Partner directly with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Industrial Design, and artisans to solve technical challenges.
• Diagnose product and manufacturing failures, determine root cause, and engineer permanent solutions.
• Improve existing products and processes to reduce waste, improve yield, strengthen quality, and increase efficiency.
• Stay actively engaged through first articles and production launch to ensure what was engineered can be executed consistently at scale.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Prototyping

Problem solving

Ownership mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering / Product Design / Industrial Design / Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Rhino

AutoCAD

Job description

Wendover Art Group in Largo, FL is seeking a Senior Product Engineer who thrives at the intersection of design, engineering, materials, and manufacturing. You will take concepts across signage, lighting, sculpture, mirrors, and custom installations and determine how they are built, tested, and manufactured.

You will design, model, prototype, and iterate with production teams, balancing design intent with manufacturability, cost, and quality.