Job Details
Job Summary:
The Design Engineer will engineer projects from approved concepts to production assembly. The role will also assist with optimizing shipping and installation. This role will analyze the product, equipment, performance specifications, and performance requirements. It will solve mechanical challenges and develop design solutions that can be produced using industry-standard manufacturing processes. The Design Engineer will value engineer to optimize production cost and speed to market.
Essential Functions:
- Run multiple large-scale projects autonomously or simultaneously.
- Prepare detailed drawings, assembly drawings, project specifications, and bills of material.
- Provide technical information concerning manufacturing/processing techniques, materials, properties, and process advantages and limitations that affect design/production cost, lead time, or other pertinent factors.
- Statistical process control, including assisting with quality control plans. Help determine function and validation testing.
- Collaborate with Industrial Design, vendors, and production resources to resolve design/manufacturing issues that influence the development of the design direction.
- Create BOMs and collaborate in part number assignments per manufacturing processes required.
- Provide necessary technical documents for recording, filing, and distribution.
- Work with downstream departments to determine the most efficient assembly, shipping, and installation scenarios.
- Regularly perform field research to evaluate current real-world environments.
- Attend trade shows and seminars to keep current on current manufacturing fabrication and technology
Organization Relationships- Reports to the VP of Technical Services.
- Works closely with members of the engineering department and internal teams such as industrial design, manufacturing engineers, project management, QA and the model shop.
- Work with the Team Leader to prioritize work assignments.
Education, Experience, Skill RequirementsEducation:
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
Experience/Skills:
- 4-7 years of relevant engineering experience.
- Proficient in SolidWorks or equivalent.
- Proficient in PLM is a plus
- Knowledge/experience with any or all materials/processes: wood, sheet metal, weldments, and plastics (including fabrication, vacuum forming and injection molding).
- Understanding of methods and techniques of dimensions and tolerance.
- POP, retail fixture design, and interior architecture experience a plus.
About RTC RTC focuseson continualimprovement, evolving our capabilities, and reinvesting in our business todeliverhigher-performing solutions for our clients. Brands and retailers require more strategic thinking on the shopper experience, higher levels of innovation, a more effective process for managing customer-specific requirements, access to a broader array of manufactured solutions, and the capability to orchestrate a broader and more complex supply chain. Learn more at
Why should you consider a career at RTC?Benefits- 401(K) Plan with company match (we also offer a Roth option)!
- Hybrid work from home program offered
- Health Insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield(choose from two PPO plans and one HMO plan based on your deductible comfort level)
- Dental Insurance with two plan options (both PPO Plans)
- Flexible Spending for Health or Dependent Care
- Commuter Transit benefit
- Critical illness benefit
- Life Insurance (we cover 3 times your salary - you can purchase more)
- Short-Term Disability Coverage (we'll cover this for you too - you can choose to purchase long-term disability)
- 2 weeks of paid Parental Leave
- 16 PTO Days (full year)
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Tuition Assistance
Perks- Fun Friday Hours - get a head start on your weekend by leaving at 2:30 every Friday (year-round!)
- Volunteer Time Off (VTO) plus company-sponsored volunteer events.
Wellness- PTO is encouraged not only for vacations but mental health breaks.
- Work/Life resources such as Legal, Financial, and Counseling are available through our Employee Assistance Program.
- Discounts to eligible fitness centers for associates enrolled with Blue Cross.
- Preventative Care is covered at 100% (annual check-ups and screenings).
- Lactation rooms are available for new mothers at the Rolling Meadows location.
- Annual flu clinic at Romeoville and Rolling Meadows for our associates and any dependents covered on our health plan. Flu shots are covered by insurance if the associate elects to go elsewhere.
Career Development & Training We encourage your professional growth and development. We offer mentors with deep industry experience and management who will assist you in defining and realizing your short-and long-term career goals and a variety of opportunities for training and advancement.
RTC is an equal opportunity employer. Women, individuals of all ethnicities,people with disabilities (intellectual and physical), and Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age (40 or older), disability or genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, religion or any other basis prohibited by law.