Design Engineer - Kimball Hospitality, Jasper, IN

Role Description:

This position is responsible for interpreting customers’ furniture concepts and specifications to design and draw products for manufacturability and meet customer requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Interpret customer specifications and develop manufacturable hospitality furniture designs
• Create and revise 3D models, 2D shop drawings, sketches, and supporting documentation
• Collaborating with Project Managers, Product Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and customers
• Apply value engineering (VE) and design for manufacturability (DFM) principles
• Ensure products meet customer expectations, ADA requirements, applicable codes, and quality standards
• Specify hardware, materials, sourced components, finishes, and installation details
• Create stone drawings and documentation for sourced products as required
• Review drawings for accuracy and completeness prior to release
• Support product testing, installation reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist team members in resolving design challenges and meeting project timelines
• Maintain project documentation including model logs and project lists

Skills to Perform This Role:

Interpersonal Skills

• Team-oriented, motivated, detail focused, and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly to internal and external stakeholders
• Good time management skills
• Can handle multiple tasks
• Can prioritize multiple tasks appropriately to meet business needs
• Understanding of role in the company

Technical Skills

• Understanding of engineering practices, ANSI drawing standards, manufacturing processes, and product development procedures
• Ability to interpret ambiguous design concepts and develop practical product solutions
• Knowledge of furniture materials including wood, metal, plastics, glass, fabrics, acrylics, and electrical components
• Understanding hospitality furniture, case goods, seating, prototyping, and quality fundamentals preferred

Preferred Software Skills & Experience

• Solid Edge
• Teamcenter
• AutoCAD
• Revit
• Blender
• Microsoft Office
• Sketchup
• Rendering Software

Qualifications:

Educational / Experience

• BS (4-year degree) in Engineering, Engineering Technology or related science preferred, but not required
• 3-5 years of experience in engineering or similar role and demonstrated significant contributions