Senior Solutions Design Engineer

Comprehensive Logistics Co.; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Comprehensive Logistics Co. is seeking a Senior Solution Design Engineer to architect next-generation supply chain solutions for automotive and manufacturing clients.

You will lead RFQ/RFP efforts, craft facility layouts, and develop capacity and labor models to deliver practical, scalable designs. You will collaborate with Business Development, Operations, Finance, and IT to validate feasibility, support pricing, and guide implementation during startups and transitions.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years in Solutions Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Logistics Engineering, or Supply Chain Design.
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics Management.
• Experience with RFQs, warehouse/network design, and customer implementations.
• Strong Excel and analytical modeling chops; bonus points for Power BI, Tableau, SQL, AutoCAD, or Visio.
• Working knowledge of WMS, TMS, or ERP systems.
• Lean/Six Sigma mindset and comfort juggling multiple projects at once.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering for RFQs, RFPs, and new business opportunities — turning customer requirements into real, operationally sound supply chain solutions
• Design warehousing, transportation, sequencing, assembly, and packaging solutions, including facility layouts, process maps, and material flow designs
• Build labor models, capacity plans, and throughput/scenario analyses that hold up in the real world
• Identify operational risks and evaluate automation, technology, and process improvements to boost efficiency and scalability
• Provide engineering assumptions and operational inputs that shape pricing and business case development
• Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Operations, Finance, and IT to pressure-test feasibility and alignment with customer requirements
• Support customer meetings, site visits, solution reviews, and proposal reviews throughout the sales cycle
• Lead engineering support through startups, transitions, and ramp-up — developing implementation plans, staffing strategies, and readiness assessments
• Monitor startup performance, apply lessons learned to future designs, and keep engineering tools, templates, and design standards current

Skills

Analytical modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Project juggling

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Industrial Engineering / Supply Chain / Logistics

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

AutoCAD

Visio

Job description

Comprehensive Logistics, a Company of AXVOR, designs and runs highly engineered logistics and manufacturing-support solutions for some of the most complex supply chains in the automotive and manufacturing world. We're growing fast, and we're looking for a Senior Solution Design Engineer to help architect what comes next.

What you'll do:

• Lead engineering for RFQs, RFPs, and new business opportunities — turning customer requirements into real, operationally sound supply chain solutions
• Design warehousing, transportation, sequencing, assembly, and packaging solutions, including facility layouts, process maps, and material flow designs
• Build labor models, capacity plans, and throughput/scenario analyses that hold up in the real world
• Identify operational risks and evaluate automation, technology, and process improvements to boost efficiency and scalability
• Provide engineering assumptions and operational inputs that shape pricing and business case development
• Partner cross-functionally with Business Development, Operations, Finance, and IT to pressure-test feasibility and alignment with customer requirements
• Support customer meetings, site visits, solution reviews, and proposal reviews throughout the sales cycle
• Lead engineering support through startups, transitions, and ramp-up — developing implementation plans, staffing strategies, and readiness assessments
• Monitor startup performance, apply lessons learned to future designs, and keep engineering tools, templates, and design standards current

What you bring:

• 5-8+ years in Solutions Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Logistics Engineering, or Supply Chain Design
• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or Logistics Management
• Experience with RFQs, warehouse/network design, and customer implementations
• Strong Excel and analytical modeling chops; bonus points for Power BI, Tableau, SQL, AutoCAD, or Visio
• Working knowledge of WMS, TMS, or ERP systems
• Lean/Six Sigma mindset and comfort juggling multiple projects at once

Certifications (a plus, not required):

• APICS/ASCM CSCP or CPIM
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

If you like solving hard, concrete operational problems and seeing your designs go live on a warehouse floor — not just in a slide deck — we'd like to talk.

Comprehensive Logistics Inc. (CLI) is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.