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# DESIGN ENGINEER

- **Company:** Poly-Wood, LLC.
- **Location:** Syracuse, IN, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 3d Models, Computer-Aided Design, JIRA, SolidWorks (CAD), Workflow Management Systems, Mastercam
- **Published:** June 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/4281749

## About the Role

* You are someone who enjoys the details, but you also understand the bigger picture. You can move between creative concepts and practical manufacturing requirements, and you know how to collaborate with the teams who bring products to life.
 * You likely have experience with CAD modeling, technical drawings, product development, prototyping, and design-for-manufacturing. You are comfortable working through design challenges, asking good questions, and helping improve products before they reach production.
 * Experience with SolidWorks, Mastercam, or similar CAD/CAM tools would be especially valuable. Experience supporting CNC, routing, tube laser, fabrication, assembly, or production documentation would also help you stand out.
 * Familiarity with Jira or other project/workflow management systems is a plus.

## Description

* Your work becomes real. The models, drawings, and design solutions you create help shape products customers will enjoy for years.
 * You will collaborate across the business. This role partners closely with design, product development, manufacturing, CNC, fabrication, engineering, operations, quality, and costing teams.
 * You will solve meaningful problems. From prototype feedback to manufacturing constraints, your ideas will help improve products before they move into production.
 * You will help protect design intent. Your work helps ensure new products are not only beautiful, but also manufacturable, durable, efficient, and aligned with POLYWOOD standards.
 * You will be part of what is next. POLYWOOD continues to grow, innovate, and expand what is possible in outdoor furniture

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Where You Will Make an Impact

 * Translating sketches, renderings, design direction, and early concepts into engineered models
 * Developing 3D CAD models, technical drawings, assemblies, and production-intent design details
 * Creating and refining models for sampling, prototyping, costing, testing, and cross-functional review
 * Evaluating concepts for manufacturability, assembly, structural performance, material efficiency, and long-term production viability
 * Partnering with manufacturing, engineering, CNC, fabrication, costing, and product development teams to resolve design challenges
 * Supporting prototype development with accurate model files, drawings, cut files, assemblies, and documentation
 * Reviewing prototype builds, identifying fit and function issues, recommending corrections, and documenting design revisions
 * Participating in product reviews before handoff to help ensure design intent, construction details, manufacturing requirements, and documentation are aligned


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