Design Engineer II

Suncast Corporation is the leading US-based designer, manufacturer, and distributor of high-quality resin products for the home and industrial markets. A privately held company headquartered in Western Chicago, Illinois, Suncast prides itself on 35 years of innovation and sustainability across a wide range of product categories with materials proudly sourced in the USA. Everything we do is supported by the strength and ingenuity of American workers and we are committed to helping families across the country make the most of their unique spaces.

We utilize state-of-the-art machinery and innovative manufacturing techniques to consistently engineer products of the highest possible quality.

The Senior Design Engineer is responsible for taking a product concept and developing it into a finished product. The senior design engineer will lead all project-based activities from initial CAD design until production to successfully deliver projects on time, cost, and quality. Creates and verifies designs using CAE, manual methods, and functional test to minimize risk. Resulting products must meet cosmetic, functional, quality, cost, and timing expectations.

Responsibilities:

The following duties are considered essential to this position. Other responsibilities may be assigned.

• Ability to organize and prioritize simultaneous projects.
• Strong understanding of mechanical principles.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes from injection molding, blow molding, stamping, roll forming, and powder coating.
• Has developed proficiency in a range of processes or procedures through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience.
• Completes a variety of atypical assignments.
• Works within defined processes and procedures or methodologies and helps determine the appropriate approach for new assignments.
• Works with a limited degree of supervision.
• Acts as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Develops solutions and recommendations; takes ownership of the engineering process .
• Represents the level at which career may stabilize for many years or even until retirement.
• Understands and applies latest technology in designs.
• May participate in activities related to protecting Suncast intellectual property.
• Defines requirements to aid in the analysis and solving of problems.
• Works within cross-company collaboration and develops positive relationships with other engineering disciplines and other Suncast functions, such as product management sales, manufacturing, and marketing to support client needs.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor of Science degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (a bachelor of applied science degree will NOT be accepted) from an accredited institution in the U.S. or a comparable foreign university.
• High level of expertise in solid modeling (Solid Works preferred).
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Good conceptualization, visualization and creativity.
• Good time management, prioritization & analytical problem solving.
• Ability to perform detail-oriented work with high degree of accuracy.
• Good design experience with Plastics, sheet metal, metal castings (Die and sand) with knowledge of material specs and use.
• Good experience in new product design and development.
• Knowledge & experience of GD&T required.
• Knowledge of tools (FMEA, DOE, FEA, 8D etc) required.
• Complies with record-keeping and file sharing conventions.
• Adaptable, able to adjust to ongoing changes and improvements.
• Experience with assemblies and mechanisms.
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Ability to effectively communicate with and respond to questions from executives, managers, engineers, coworkers, and production supervisors.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with…