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Product Engineer - Kimball International, Jasper, IN
CompanyKimball International
LocationJasper
Work ModeOn Site
PostedFebruary 28, 2026
About The Company
National Office Furniture opened for business in 1980 and was destined to bring fun to the monotonous office furniture industry. National positioned itself to provide a package of value to the mid-priced segment of the market with distinct advantages, including quality wood construction, lead times, state-of-the-art production facilities and an outstanding value for the dollar.
National grew quickly, gaining a stellar reputation for providing high-quality products, genuine personal service and affordability. Couple these with an eye for design and an infectious personality; you now have a customer experience like no other. Its emphasis on personal attention and delivering the ultimate customer experience has created a recognized culture of caring embodied in the company's tagline: "Furniture with Personality!"
National is a unique personality throughout its entire operating footprint including its Jasper, Indiana-based headquarters, first-class manufacturing facilities or LEED® certified showrooms.
Through its parent company, Kimball International, National inherited a rich heritage in wood manufacturing, environmental responsibility and financial stability to build upon while stretching its curiosity in identifying new opportunities relevant to the needs and expectations of our customers.
About the Role
Responsible for engineering of both new and existing products to meet the requirements of our customers. This role will work directly with Industrial Designers, Packaging Engineers, Process Engineers and shop floor to design and engineer products to meet all required specifications.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for design and engineering of products including material/manufacturing/tooling process selection, translation of market requirements to product specifications, CAD documentation, BOM structure, technical reviews, product testing and implementation.
- Works with team members to "clearly" define product concept design and identify product design and manufacturing process alternative.
- Responsible for packaging design for new and existing products
- Validate engineering by identifying and testing to appropriate Kimball and external standards.
- Lead prototyping activities to deliver viable samples
- Determine nature of technical problems and possible solutions, such as product redesign, substitution of material or parts, or rearrangements of parts of subassemblies.
- Create product designs that optimize manufacturability
- Develop design solutions utilizing existing platforms
- Create quality and material standards based off platformed products
- Provide product and tooling options and costs
- Responsible for EC analysis and implementation
- Ensure as manufactured product meets all design and performance intent (ex quality, fit form and function)
- Ownership of assignment from conception to commercialization
- Perform complex design investigation, engineering analyses, and feasibility studies for new components or products using customer-supplied data, past experience and engineering principles
- Optimize product design vs. cost by challenging manufacturing, make us. Buy, and product costing strategies
- Create new or optimized product platforms across multiple mfg units and products series to reduce complexity
- Create new quality and material standards
- Revise and creates engineering standards
- Support our Vision and Guiding Principles
- Adhere to company safety guideline
Skills to Perform This Role:
Interpersonal Skills
- Honest and ethical
- Team Oriented
- Positive attitude
- Tactful
- Assertive
- Flexible
- Patient
- Creative thinking
- Trustworthy
- Good people skills
- Willingness to learn new things
- Ability to keep humor in the workplace
- Ability to build and sustain relationships
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment that is goal driven (completion dates)
Communication Skills
- Good listening skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate technical issues
- Ability to communicate at all levels
- Conduct design reviews with customers
Leadership Skills
- Good organizational skills
- Good team building skills
- Respect of others point of view
- Must have initiative
Business Skills
- Good time management skills
- Can handle multiple tasks
- Understanding of role in the company
- Can prioritize multiple tasks appropriate to meet business needs
Technical Skills
- Understanding of sound engineering practices
- Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Value Engineering/Value Analysis (VE/VA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA)
- Understanding of Sustainability and relation to design
- Understanding of manufacturing and tooling processes
- Ability to perform root causes failure analysis
- Understanding for various prototyping techniques
- Understanding of BIFMA and UL standards
- Understanding of mechanical drawings
- Understanding of Solid modeling and 3D experience
- Knowledgeable of Furniture industry
- PC literate and fluent with Microsoft office programs
- Ability to operate CAD related office products; scanner, printer, plotter, etc...
- Understanding of Quality Fundamentals
- Understanding of Financial Fundamentals
- Understanding of PDP, NPI and EC Processes
- Knowledge of various materials including steel, aluminum, plastic, composites, wood, etc and their common use applications
- Ability to perform tolerance stack analysis
- Understanding of Geometric, Dimensioning and ANSIY-14M
- Understanding of mechanics of solids, strengths of materials, machine elements, material science, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics
- Understanding of voice of the customer
- Ability to identify product Critical to Quality Characteristics (CQT)
- Interpret and mitigate results of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Conduct structural failure analysis
- Verify process capability
- Establish tolerance for fit, form and function based on specific process capabilities to establish acceptable for, fit and function
- Ability to create detailed project plans
The ideal candidate will be located near Jasper, IN and work primarily from of our headquarters.
Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Understanding of sound engineering practices
- Understanding of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Value Engineering/Value Analysis (VE/VA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/DFA)
- Understanding of Sustainability and relation to design
- Understanding of manufacturing and tooling processes
- Ability to perform root causes failure analysis
- Understanding for various prototyping techniques
- Understanding of BIFMA and UL standards
- Understanding of mechanical drawings
- Understanding of Solid modeling and 3D experience
- Knowledgeable of Furniture industry (preferred)
- PC literate and fluent with Microsoft office programs
- Ability to operate CAD related office products; scanner, printer, plotter, etc…
- Understanding of Quality Fundamentals
- Understanding of Financial Fundamentals
- Understanding of PDP, NPI and EC Processes
- Knowledge of various materials including steel, aluminum, plastic, composites, wood, etc and their common use applications
- Ability to perform tolerance stack analysis
- Understanding of Geometric, Dimensioning and ANSIY-14M
- Understanding of mechanics of solids, strengths of materials, machine elements, material science, statics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics
- Understanding of voice of the customer
- Ability to identify product Critical to Quality Characteristics (CQT)
- Interpret and mitigate results of Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Conduct structural failure analysis
- Verify process capability
- Establish tolerance for fit, form and function based on specific process capabilities to establish acceptable for, fit and function
- Ability to create detailed project plans
Educational
- Bachelor's degree in engineering curriculum or relevant work experience
Physical
- Ability to lift and move prototypes and samples
Key Skills
CAD DocumentationBOM StructureProduct TestingPrototypingRoot Cause Failure AnalysisFMEAVE/VADFM/DFAFEATolerance Stack AnalysisGeometric DimensioningSolid Modeling3D ExperienceMaterial SelectionCost OptimizationProject Planning
Categories
EngineeringManufacturing
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
This role is responsible for the engineering of new and existing products, working closely with designers and engineers to meet customer requirements and specifications. Key duties include product design, material selection, CAD documentation, technical reviews, testing, and ensuring the final product meets all quality and performance intents from conception through commercialization.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
328
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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