Design Engineer

🏢 Alliedmaker · 📍 Glen Cove, New York 💰 $90,000 - $90,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

The Design Engineer translates creative direction into buildable fixtures. Working on both new collection development and bespoke custom orders, this role produces detailed CAD models, drawings, and documentation that our shop floor, vendors, and installers can all build from. The Design Engineer partners closely with the design studio on aesthetics, with the Manufacturing Engineer on producibility, and with the Assembly and Quality teams on how a fixture actually comes together and gets inspected.

Key Responsibilities

CAD & Technical Drawings

Create parametric 3D models and manufacturing drawings in Autodesk Fusion (or similar tools) for collection and custom fixtures.
Produce clean, dimensioned drawings with tolerances, finishes, and notes appropriate to the vendor or in-house process.
Develop BOMs and maintain part revisions in NetSuite with support from the Systems Engineer.

New Product & Custom Development

Partner with the design studio from concept through production release: sketch review, massing studies, proportion and scale studies, and prototype iteration.
Specify materials and finishes in collaboration with Design, including glass, machined and spun metal, alabaster, and wood.
Lead prototype builds, capture lessons learned, and carry them into a clean production release.

Manufacturability & Vendor Handoff

Review designs with the Manufacturing Engineer for manufacturability, tolerance stacks, and cost before release.
Issue drawing packages to vendors and answer technical questions through the Manufacturing Engineer.
Incorporate feedback from QC and Assembly into drawing updates and ECOs.

Standards & Compliance

Design fixtures that meet UL 1598 / UL 8750 and relevant electrical and structural standards in collaboration with the Assembly Engineer.
Maintain design documentation and revision history in a disciplined way so that what’s in the field matches what’s in the system.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering, or a closely related field.
3–5 years

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Alliedmaker Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Interviewers strictly assess an uncompromising eye for minimalist architectural/industrial design paired with rigorous operational craftsmanship.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Treating design as an afterthought or prioritizing fast-fashion/mass-market volume over enduring quality.
2. Lack of attention to minute detail during behavioral or portfolio walkthroughs.
3. Being disconnected from the physical realities of manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain constraints.

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