New Product Development Engineer
2 days ago
New Product Development Engineer
OPTO is a fast paced, constantly-growing retail store fixture manufacturing company selling to the retail industry. We believe in relentless communication, both internally and to our customers, in an effort to constantly improve ourselves. We are obsessively focused on helping our clients be successful, which in turn makes us successful.
OPTO employs joined-up, responsive and adaptive people who work hard as a tight team. We have first-class marketing and a design-led customer sales interface focused on fully understanding and guiding each customer to be successful through the purchase of our product. The product itself is high-quality, customizable, durable, and built from inventory based components. This gives us industry-leading speed and reliability in execution, which in turn gives our customers the confidence to make us business parts for years to come.
Job Summary
The New Product Development Engineer is responsible for the research, design, and engineering of new products to add to OPTO’s first class collections of standard products. From market research to trend analysis this position formulates what new design our industry is looking for that OPTO can manufacture and then designs the fixtures from concepts through prototyping. To be successful in this position you need to be innovative, creative, and analytical.
Key Responsibilities
Create design concept to determine most viable designs
Present product ideas to relevant team members for brainstorming
Engineer concepts thought prototyping and final designs
Research and stay up to date on industry and customer trends to determine what unique solutions customers require
Perform research on product technologies to implement into design concepts
Required Technical Skills
5+ years of expertise in retail store fixture design or equivalent
Extensive knowledge of designing with a wide range of materials such as wood, metal, acrylics, aluminum, glass, etc.
Working knowledge and understanding of lighting, extrusion design, castings, and modular integration
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Industrial Design
Proficient with 3D modeling software, preferably Autodesk Inventor
Computer skills including working knowledge of Excel, Word, & Powerpoint
Ability to problem-solve quickly and effectively
Ability to produce under tight timelines
Ability to prioritize and work independently on multiple projects simultaneously ensuring all key dates are met while maintaining the highest level of quality.
Working understanding of ERP software
Required Personal Skills
Excellent eye for aesthetic design, customer appeal, and attention to detail
Ability to communicate quickly, clearly, and effectively across multiple departments
Confidently interact with customers, peers, and cross functional teams
Ability to work successfully in a strong team environment
Superior organizational skills
Salary and Benefits
Salary commensurate on Education and Experience
Bonus Program
Health Insurance
Vision
Dental
401K
Reports to:
VP of Engineering and New Product Development
Direct Reports:
None
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