Design Engineer

Compensation: $80,000 – $100,000 annually (based on 40 hours/week)

Non-Exempt - Eligible for Overtime

Job Summary

Responsible for contributing to the design, development, testing, and commercialization of new technologies and innovations relating to improved golf club performance.

A Design Engineer I works with the R&D team to support the mission of our department: to develop best-in-class golf equipment. This engineering role will be involved in a variety of product categories in both a research and development capacity.

Essential Job Duties

Essential job duties identified below represent expected duties, though the exact role may be shaped to fit the candidate.

• Create golf clubhead designs using CAD software (NX)
• Conduct analytical research to improve the performance of golf club products.
• Document specifications, create drawings, maintain spec databases
• Use proprietary advanced modeling software
• Work closely with engineers, designers, CAD specialists, and Marketing personnel throughout research, development, and product launch phases.
• Prepare, organize, and otherwise communicate findings in technical reports to management and other stakeholders as necessary.
• Interact and communicate with domestic and international component suppliers to convey design and engineering requirements.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None
  
  

TRAVEL

This position is unlikely to require travel domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Employee expected to work under close to moderate supervision of a Manager, Supervisor, or Team Leader.
  
  

COMPETENCIES

• Experienced in the use of 3D CAD software, including parametric modeling and free form surfacing.
• Ability to use MS Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good critical thinking skills
• Strong ability to work well with a cross-functional team
• Good knowledge of golf club design and terminology, or demonstrated ability to acquire this knowledge.
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong ability to problem solve and work through problems analytically
  
  

Required Education & Experience

• Ideal candidates would have a Bachelors degree or higher in one of the following majors: Mechanical/Aerospace/Industrial/Civil Engineering, Material Science, Physics.
• Experience using advanced CAD software (ideally NX)
  
  

Preferred Education & Experience

• Some experience (1-3 years) in Engineering field helpful but not necessary.
• Avid golfer a plus
• Experience in product development a plus
• Experience in the golf industry a plus: equipment OEMs, sales, fitting, teaching