Project Engineer - Design

Growing Manufacturing firm located on the west side of Chicago looking to a replace a Project Engineer who has recently been promoted.? Our Design Engineering department is actively involved with both sales and production and looks for creative professionals to work with the engineering function to move our product forward with innovation.

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We are a bus seat manufacturer and a leader in our industry.? Our nearly 600 employees support 50% of the bus building industry with high quality reliable seating.?? We often customize our product and look to add new products to the mix on a consistent basis.

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You will work with a team of designers and other engineers.? The specific job responsibilities are:Design and development of new productsDesign seat structuresDevelop and implement test and validation planAssist in evaluation and selection of vendorsAssist in build and evaluation of prototypesWork with members of engineering and manufacturing to assure successful launch of productsInvestigate and resolve customer complaints or requests

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The skills that we would expect you have include:CAD ? both 2D (Autocad preferred) and 3D (SolidEdge preferred)Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or equivalentGood interpersonal and communication skills (will have interaction with customers, vendors and other departments)Minimum 5 years experience in product design

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It would be helpful if you also had:Experience with seat design and FMVSS standardsExperience with ERP system (M2M preferred)

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