New Product Development Engineer

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 OPTOs 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

None

Compensation details : 80000-100000 Yearly Salary

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