Senior Innovation Engineer; Furniture Manufacturer
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Job Description
An award-winning furniture manufacturer located in Dallas, TX with a 30+ year history of success. Weve built our made-to-order leather and fabric premium furniture in Dallas, TX since 1990 with a focus on quality, design, customization and speed. Our incredible team consistently produces luxury pieces sold by widely-recognized upscale national retailers at a speed light-years ahead of the competition.
As a key member of the Innovation Team, theSenior Innovation Engineerhelps drive a roadmap of innovation that delivers performance improvements through advances in materials, methods, and technologies for new and existing products. We need your expertise to assist in developing a strategy defining specific areas of innovation to explore. Advances in sustainability of our products is likewise an essential part of this role.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Execute on innovation projects and help drive the completion of each project
- Explore all aspects of 3D printing to help drive next generation manufacturing
- Work closely with the Development, Design, and Merchandising teams to refine each project
- Drive projects that support our corporate sustainability goals
- Develop mechanical and Electromechanical products; researching and testing manufacturing and assembly methods and materials
- Work with team colleagues to implement operating procedures, resolve production and/or supplier issues, or provide technical support as needed
- Developed ways to analyze and test the feasibility of a new design, operation, or material
- Investigate product failures and production difficulties to products, diagnose and make recommendations for improvements, develop and test models of alternate designs for these recommendations
- Evaluate designs or prototypes for energy performance (if applicable) or environmental impact as part of sustainability effort
Requirements
Heres what were looking for:
- A Bachelors degree in Material Science, Engineering, Design, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience. 10+ years of in-depth experience in engineering, innovation and design with practice in advanced materials.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, MS Office and Adobe applications.
- Ability to easily make connections among previously unrelated notions.
- Strong, clear written/verbal communication skills, and a capability to communicate complex concepts in a concise and understandable way to a variety of audiences.
- A natural curiosity to maintain knowledge of material and technology advancements, constantly seeking potential opportunities for product performance improvements.
- An "out-of-the-box" creative thinker with a natural tinker gene, who cant stop thinking about how to make something better
Here's what we're looking for: A Bachelor's degree in Material Science, Engineering, Design, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience. 10+ years of in-depth experience in engineering, innovation and design with practice in advanced materials. Proficiency in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, MS Office and Adobe applications. Ability to easily make connections among previously unrelated notions. Strong, clear written/verbal communication skills, and a capability to communicate complex concepts in a concise and understandable way to a variety of audiences. A natural curiosity to maintain knowledge of material and technology advancements, constantly seeking potential opportunities for product performance improvements. An "out-of-the-box" creative thinker with a natural tinker gene, who can't stop thinking about how to make something better
Employment Type
Full Time
